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Extending NUnit *easily* with version 2.2.1 (finally!)
I finally got some time so I sat down with the latest version of NUnit - 2.2.1 and tried using its extensibility features like the ability to create new custom test attributes that change test behavior, hopefully…
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Creating custom test attributes easily with NUnit 2.2.1
One of the new features in NUnit 2.2.1 is the ability to extend the NUnit framework in two ways. The first one is to be able to create your own custom test suites (for example, if you wanted to run your unit tests in a…
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The Self Project - YAPP (Yet Another Programming Paradigm?)
The Self project seems like a very ambitious idea. Check out this movie to get a nice overview of some of the things this new programming paradigm attempts to achieve. Am I wrong or is this whole thing based on…
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Army Platoon gets an X Box + 30 games, courtesy of MS
Wow. This is a cool thing to do. [ via Bill Evjen ]
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Oracle: Don't hate it just because you don't get it, get it?
I found this somewhat amusing: Alex announces he's adding himself to the "I-Hate-Oracle Club" to which there is a reply in the comments: "if you can't figure the damn thing out, this is no reason to hate it. take women…
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The Gaming industry turns out to be a modern slave market
Reading this makes me glad not to be working in the Gaming software industry . Sure, I've done my share of overtime at startups and such, but no, it was never this bad. Even when it was bad it was never like this. Also…
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More cool tools, and a cool Add-in for C++
Lots of cool tools in this nice blog post . I am reminded again of the chalkTalk application by Billy Hollis which is cool for presentations. Another cool tool I discovered is Visual Assist-X which works for all…
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The Regulator sucks for Non-Admins
Don is right . The Regulator will mostly be unusable to you if you work as a non-admin. Here's what I wrote as a comment to his post: This issue is something I've been looking into for quite a while but, most sincerely,…
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This Tuesday is Israel Geek Dinner Day with Johanna Rothman
Don't forget that Tuesday the 7th of this month is Geek Dinner day with Johanna Rothman ! make time around 7-30 pm somewhere in the tel-Aviv area. Probably near the "dolfinarium" somewhere because it's close to her…
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Nice Agile blog
I came upon this weblog via TestDriven.Net . After sifting through the posts a bit I added it to my RSS subscription list. Recommended. It's a definite "Agile development" themed blog, and has a lot of experience and…
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Test Driven Development proves useful at Google
This is a live blogging session from the recent Developer Testing Conference. The lecture was about Developer Testing in Google and this is only part of it: " 9:28 Standard Google practices include unit tests and…
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TestDriven.Net Referrals view - in SVG format
Wow. Jamie has added a cool new feature to the TestDriven.Net site. You can now see the list of referrals you sent in by links. It looks a little something like this: I found out after getting an email from the site…
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Test Driven Development with C++: Much harder than it should be
(BTW: Does anyone have any knowledge of the C++ testing frameworks listed here at the bottom of the page? Got any favorite?) One of the things I'm doing right now in Magen is helping a company that uses hard core C++…
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MSN Spaces Launches, and so does a new MSN Messenger beta
As I'm sure you'll see 1000 times in the next 24 hours, MSN Spaces has launched (as has a new beta of MSN Messenger ). Dare has some more details, as well as a link to the press release here . [via FurryGoat ] I already…
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Some real world unit testing techniques for ASP.Net with Cassini
Scott Hanselman writes This fine blog post about how they do real-world unit testing for their ASP.Net applications using the cassini web server. Not being an web developer myself this is a great resource to learn from.…
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Israel .Net Deep Dive lectures feedback
If you attended the .Net Deep Dive event in Israel you might have noticed something - Microsoft didn't really ask you what you thought about the quality of the lectures. As one of the people who actually spoke at the…
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IVBUG meeting today: SQL Server 2005 Features for developers
There's an IVBUG meeting today. Should be fun!: Next Meeting: Wednesday December 1, 2004 17:30 - 18:00 Assembly 18:00 - 18:10 Introduction and Birthday Greetings 18:10 - 19:30 “New Features for Developers in SQL Server…
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Making your point, Santo style
Addy Santo makes an interesting point in the "what-the-hell-are-we-going-to-do-about-the-main-feed-of-this-site" question. Actually, he makes a point of what not to keep doing.
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Test Driven Development workshop news and coming attractions
Just a little something before I go to bed and try to fall asleep helplessly for 3 hours while thinking about tomorrow, which is the first day of my mentoring a C++ group of 3 people in the ways of unit testing for fun…
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Israeli Geek Dinner with Johanna Rothman
Mark your calendars. There's going to be another geek/nerd dinner. And it's going to be on the 7th of December (a week from now). The guest of honor will be Johanna Rothman . Johanna is perhaps best known in the…
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TestDriven.Net version 1.0 is out (with a new site design as well)
Jamie Has Finally released the long anticipated version 1.0 of the TestDriven.Net add-in (Formerly called "Nunit-Addin") and has a brand new spiffy site design to go along with it. If you don't know what this is you…
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Geek Dinner was juust fine...
Last night, as promised, Addy Santo Gave his talk about InfoPath at the . Net Architects users group . I have to say that for a subject which is “not so sexy to begin with” as a colleague of mine said, Addy made for a…
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Can Agile project management software succeed?
TargetProcess: Planning is a web project management software aimed at agile project management. It's also free to download (built for asp.net). It looks pretty cool and seems to contain most of the features needed for…
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Head-First books from Oreilly (and free sample chapters)
Sure, the title sounds kinda nasty, but it's not. OK. I gotta admit, the new oreilly "Head-First" book series looks awesome. Thanks to Oleg for pointing to it. And yeah, the sample chapters do look amazingly as if Rory…
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Overcoming fear: My experiences from the .Net Deep Dive event
[Update: Jackie Goldstein also writes about his experiences from the event (he hosted a session about worst practices in .net). Addy Santo writes more about the event on his blog. So does Moshe Eshel with lots of…
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Cool Tools Every .Net Developer should be aware of
Wow. I have lots to write about my past week, but first I owe a list of cool tools to the attendees of the .Net Deep Dive event in Israel from yesterday. Here's the list of tools I showed: (*== free) CodeSmart (add-in)…
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Not Invented here
"The product of NotInventedHere is ReinventingTheWheel which wheel unfortunately is often square, without spokes, or squeaks like heck. .." "The pattern can also lead to a paradoxical situation. If the pattern is…
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More Geek Conversation you cen listen to in your car
One of the things I liked about .Net rocks is that every so often you get to listen to a really interesting person talk about some trivia regarding some technology aspect of our daily lives. For example, the show where…
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My TDD webcast yesterday was pretty fun
Yesterday's Israeli webcast on TDD was a blast. I mean it went fairly well and regardless of two crashes early on it went without a hitch (I ended up using Yosi Taguri's laptop to do the presentation). There were around…