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Ending a Legacy
25 July 07 08:51 PM | andersnoras | 3 Comments   
"Code without tests is bad code. It doesn't matter how well written it is; it doesn't matter how pretty or object-oriented or well-encapsulated it is is. With tests, we can change the behavior of our code quickly and verifiably. Without them, we really Read More...
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From Unit Test to (Slightly) Odd Design
27 June 07 05:35 AM | andersnoras | 4 Comments   
"And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife, And you may ask yourself - how did I get here?" Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime Recently I needed to write a library that produces various iCalendar components such as VEvents Read More...
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Balancing maintainability, readability and testability
04 March 07 08:09 PM | andersnoras | 10 Comments   
There is an interesting discussion going on between Eli Lopian , Roy Osherove and Oren Eini on whether or not you should design your code for testability. Eli ended one of his posts with a question about an example Oren gave in one of his posts . Oren’s Read More...
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Prove It With Code
26 February 07 04:03 AM | andersnoras | 3 Comments   
While reading Scott Rosenberg's "Dreaming in Code" , I was reminded of a reference to William Shakespeare's " A Midsummer Night's Dream " Jim McCarthy's "Dynamics of Software Development" ; Theses , The Duke of Athens opens the first scene in the fifth Read More...
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Consuming and Governing Evolving Services
12 February 07 11:41 PM | andersnoras | 1 Comments   
Two of the key benefits of an SOA are increased business agility and reduced cost of change. Still, many developers find that the intense focus on service contracts, data schemas and similar reduces their agility and prolong projects. An underlying assumption Read More...