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Automating web tests with FitNesse and Selenium
Here's a nice article details to little known tools in the "mainstream" developer community: Selenium, a browser and web automation framework, and Fitnesse, an acceptance and integration automation solution that uses a…
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Shut Up I Hack you
I read this one a while but yesterday a friend forwarded the link to me again, and I smiled as I read it again. Here's how to be a real hacker
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Key Jedi 1.03 (Renamed from ShortWatcher)
Update : Latest version van be found here . It occurred to me that the previous name for this tool had kind of a nasty meaning for some people, and, although it may have brought me more google search links for "watching…
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Introducing ShortWatcher: Show your keyboard magic while presenting
Update : There is a new version of this tool , which has been renamed to "Key Jedi". More information here . -------------------------------------------- This is a quick a dirty solution to something we thought about…
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Team Build Ticker for your system tray
I've been asked what is this nice tool that I have that notifies me of finished Team Builds from VSTS. It's free and simple, and called "Build Ticker:. You can grab it here:…
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OR/M Smackdown - Ayende Vs. Ted Neward
The "Object Relational Mapping" Smackdown show between Ayende and Ted Neward has hit the blogsphere, recorded on .NET Rocks . I've listened to it live, and have not listened to the edited version, but judging from the…
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CodeBetter.Com to win best community award
If there was one, that is. I didn't say it earlier, but I want to extend a big big thanks to the folks over at CodeBetter.Com . They literally chipped in and helped finance bringing the Israeli gang over to Canada for…
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Impressions from DevTeach - Wow!
I've my my share of rest from DevTeach , and now, as I prepare for next week (going to Edmonton and Winnipeg for user group talks), I have some time to reflect about the past week, and tell you some of my thoughts about…
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It's Time For Violence: A song about Databases
It's my pleasure to introduce the first "production" of one of my developer songs, which I've also sung at the awesome DevTeach conference. The song talks about my experiences working with a database on a project not…
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Easier Winform UI Thread Safe Methods with DynamicProxy2 and Osherove.SimpleInterception
Wouldn't it be cool if you could write something like this in your winform apps? : [RunInUIThread] protected virtual void DoSomeUIStuff() { this.Text = "hey" } Download the binary files from here. (here are the source…
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Learning new technologies: Is C# a XAML for the CLR?
Oren's way of learning new things seems to be radically different than mine . Learning WPF, for example. I currently have 3 books on WPF: Adam Nathan's book (the one with all the pretty colors and XAML examples…
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NDemo - Demo Driven Development?
One of the people I met in DevTeach yesterday was Ben Monro. I'm pretty sure this is his blog . Ben asked me if I've heard of NDemo (same concept as JDemo which I've also never heard of). No I didn't. But it sounded…
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Slides and demos for talk: Techniques for testing Data Access Code
DevTeach Day 1 is almost finished. I just finished my second talk today at DevTeach, and it was a blast! People were participating and asking questions, and laughing, and my "Hello DB my old friend" song went rather…
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Pretty amazing demo of 3D sound on your headphones
If haven't heard this yet, you just have to! A friend sent this one to me. Put on your headphones (it's designed especially for that), and listen to true 3D sound as you take your virtual haircut ! Here's another…
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Tips for a successful team lead
Embedded Flash media from the original post is no longer playable. A few days ago I gave a talk in front of a crowd at Intel Israel. It was actually three talks, and the first was about project management and Team…
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VersionOne is one serious Agile management software
I'm seriously impressed by the new TaskBoard in the new VersionOne product. Here's a cool demo of it. It's beginning to be a nice time for Agile teams when 3rt party commercial tool are popping up with very good…
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What build tool do you use? And TFS Vs. Open Source Round 3
Embedded Flash media from the original post is no longer playable. Ah, Oren. You amuse me yet again , you OSS guru you ;) (he replied about my earlier post regarding using TFS Vs. Open source tools) (No I don't have…
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What Source Control tool do you use? And more on TFS Vs. Open Source tools
Embedded Flash media from the original post is no longer playable. Regarding my last post , Oren (Ayende) points out that regarding TFS's features, he can either find a match for them in open source land, or he doesn't…
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TFS or not? Being a perfectionist in a realistic world
Oren pointed out that he would run away from TFS because it’s not a “zero friction tool”. He does have some valid points, mostly about the length of time some of the source control actions might take, though personally…
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We're hiring Team System People - Are you passionate enough?
It's that time of the year again. Our Team System team at Sela is looking for good people with (hopefully) existing skills regarding Visual Studio Team System, but definitely .NET programmers who aren't afraid to work…
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See you At the DevTeach Agile Track!
I'll be speaking at the upcoming DevTeach in Canada on the 15th Of May on the following topics: Agile Development Q & A Techniques for testing Data Access Code Continuous Integration Tools in .NET Panel: Open Source in…
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How I stopped kicking myself and started using Google Apps For Domains
It took me long enough, but I think I finally figures out a nice solution for my emailing needs. Up to now I hosted my mail at an exchange hosting company (MyHostedExchange.com) so that I can access it online and…
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Poll: What Mock Frameworks do you use?
I've been looking for a good way to add simple polls to my blog for a while now, and then I came across this blog post which reviews 12 free online poll sites (some of them actually dedicated to bloggers). I chose…
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Choosing a Mock Object Framework
Update : I've added a simple Poll at the bottom of this post which you can answer on your most used frameworks. ----------------------- My upcoming book is going forward ever so slowly, mostly due to my beautiful new…
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How I got over my Ego
A few days ago I got an email from a friend who was watching a talk that I did earlier this year. It had been recorded, and he was anxious to tell me about various notes he wrote during my talk. When he asked if I’d be…
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I screwed up with a client - was it worth posting about?
A while ago I posted quite a revealing and personal post titled : " I screwed up with a client, here's what I've learned ". It talks about, well, how I screwed up with a client regarding scheduling, took on too much…
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Microsoft acquired TeamPlain web client for TFS - Get your free download today
This is the news of the day and you might have seen it in other blogs & news posts. Brian's blog talks in detail with screenshots at http://blogs.msdn.com/bharry/archive/2007/03/26/microsoft-acquires-teamplain.aspx .…
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Truly Awesome Talk by Guy Kawasaki
Guy Kawasaki is an awesome speaker . I need to find a way to make him invest in me.
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Ghent Geek Dinner - You are welcome!
Looks like there's a geek dinner in Ghent this evening! Klaas is coming over to my hotel (The Sofitel hotel, located smack dab in the centre of Ghent), and a few other geek friends might show up as well. From there we…
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Leaving for Developer Days 2007 in Belgium - Geek Dinner Anyone?
In less than 12 hours I'll be sitting on a plane heading for Belgium. I'll be speaking at the upcoming Developer & IT Pro Days 2007 7 conference in Ghent, starting on the 28-29. The subjects I'll be covering: Regular…