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How Microsoft Israel Scares .NET Consultants Into Submission
If you are a consultant related to any Microsoft related technology in Israel, you might know the feeling - There's something you really want to tell your customers about a product that might be better than a current…
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My Suggested Talks for NDC 2012
Here’s the list I submitted to the powers that be for NDC 2012 . Most of these are new. soe are ‘refurbished’ with information I learned in the past year. I wonder which ones will go through.. 10 things every software…
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TDD Master class - Videos Available For Purchase at TekPub
UPDATE: I have moved my tdd master class videos over to udemy.com . I’ve added many more and the class is now almost fully complete. In the past several months I’ve been taking background recordings of my classes with…
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Effective Miscommunication
My previous post was precieved by some people as an arrogant, self congratulatory public postering of someone who wrote me some praise. That was not the intended meaning of that post. It was about effective ways of…
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"This is not a question. Just a comment for you, Roy."
—————- My Name:: ***** My Email is:: ******* My Company: I’m interested in: Other I am located in : Sweden Message: Thanks for having videos publicly available. I am going to setup hands-on courses in using…
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What You Don't Know You Don't Know
I recently did a talk to a your crowd of israeli developers (it was in hebrew) about a stopic I’ve never spoken about before in a talk - The reasons for my leaving the .NET world for a year. You can see the video of…
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Free event and 5 day TDD masterclass in Copenhagen this month
Hi all. Two things to announce: TDD Master Class: If you’re in or near Copenhagen this month, and are interested in joining my 5 day TDD master class in .NET, you can learn more about it here . This is the only time…
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Want me to train or consult in your company during 2012?
I'm planning 2012 , as well as December of this year, so I'm looking for interesting places to host either my 3 or 5 day TDD master class in .NET, or a two day Software Team Leader Essential Skills (Elastic Leadership)…
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One Day Software Team Leader Skills Class - Lund, Sweden
FYI - this course has been CANCELED I will be doing a one day class for new and experienced software team leaders about important skills you need to "make" it as a team leader. In the class you will learn how to…
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One day dive into Unit Testing and TDD in .NET - Lund, Sweden
FYI - this course has been CANCELED This September, I will be doing a one day TDD and unit testing class in Lund. The class is it for both people who have never written a unit test before and people who have. The first…
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A week in Stockholm - Open for consulting or training
I'll be spending the week of September 12-16 in Stockholm, Sweden. While i'm there I will be doing consulting gigs and possibly training. If you're interested in me coming to your company for a day or two and teach Test…
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Upcoming 3 and 5 day TDD classes
September in Stockholm (3 days) I'll be giving a 3 day version of my TDD masterclass in .NET, in Stockholm. You can register and find more details here. October in Copenhagen (5 days) This is the only 5 day TDD class I…
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Why MSTest is the IE6 of unit test frameworks
Someone asked me by email a couple of weeks ago, whether I still think NUnit is better than MSTest. I had two weeks to think about this before having enough time to write this. keep in mind, I posted pretty much the…
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TDD in .NET Day 3 Learnings
3rd day of TDD in .net in Oslo is over, and here are some of the subjects covered: Moq FakeitEasy Extract & Override refactoring Typemock Doing Test Reviews on other people's tests Approaching Legacy Code
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TDD in .NET course - Day 2 Learnings
Just finished day two od TDD in .NET course here in oslo. here are the list of things we covered today: Test that an even gets fired Understand the boundaries of a unit of work (more than a single method) mocks vs.…
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Elastic Team Leadership Class in Oslo - August 2011
I'm holding a two day Elastic Team Leadership class in Oslo next week - (right before my 3 day TDD course) This class is about everything that Agile methodologies do not teach you Have you ever come across these…
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TDD course in Oslo - August 2011
I will be starting a 3 day TDD in .NET course in Oslo next week (wed.). The course covers everything from zero - so I assume you have no unit testing experience whatsoever. Then it gets you al the way to *highly…
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How not to do TDD
Update : It seems that much further down in the book, they do cover a more minimalist and simplistic approach to make the tests pass . I was too quick to write, and did not look further in the book. I would recommend…
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Video: Team Leadership in the Age of Agile
during QCon 2011 in London, I gave a talk about the new qualities that team leaders need to make agile succeed. It's a very small fraction of what I cover and coach during my upcoming course. See the full video here…
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Ruby User Group: upcoming meeting on Ruby next week
Hi all. Next week the Ruby Underground meeting is actually taking place in Microsoft in Herzliya. The topics of the meeting will be about Sinatra, and a glimpse of one developer's development environment and what tools…
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The first Ruby on Rails course in Israel is open for registration
if you've ever wanted to learn ruby on rails in Israel, but didn't know how to start on your own, I think you'd find this very interesting! (no, I am not teaching it. someone with much more experience than me is) Web…
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Video: The 3 amigos at NDC2011
Embedded Flash media from the original post is no longer playable. recorded at NDC 2011 picturing Ruby on Rails development vs. ASP.NET MVC development
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Agile Practitioners Israel Group Announced
Elad Sofer and Lior Fridman have created Agile Practitioners in Israel group. More details here , and you can sign up for the upcoming event here . I'm happy to see that people are picking up what ever shreds of the…
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New TDD Kata - Interactions
Here's a new TDD kata that's a bit more advanced than String Calculator , and requires the use of mocks and stubs to complete. I've been using it in the past 10 or so classes I've had with great impressions of how…
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Lead Better - Course next week in Oslo
I’ll be doing my “ Lead Better ” course in Oslo next week . There are 3 places left if you want to join us. A lot of what this course is about can be seen at my Five Whys blog . If you’ve ever tried to convince your…
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My Google Rejection Letter
Before joining Astrails a couple of weeks ago, I tried to apply to Google. And….I’m not good enough to work as a test engineer at google. No, they did not ask about my book . “Hi Roy Osherove, It was a pleasure speaking…
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Seven Features SquareSpace should have added *before* the location widget
after almost a year of waiting for *some* kind of feature to be added to squarespace (i’m quite a happy customer, but it feels like someone forgot to add features after the company got bought!), squarespace has added…
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New User Group: Ruby Underground - Ruby and Ruby On Rails
Ever wondered what all the fuss is about when people talk about Ruby and Rails? Now’s your chance to get in on the inside loop and join a rapidly growing community of practice here in Israel on this very subject. We’ve…
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New User Group: Ruby Underground - Ruby and Ruby On Rails
Ever wondered what all the fuss is about when people talk about Ruby and Rails? Now’s your chance to get in on the inside loop and join a rapidly growing community of practice here in Israel on this very subject. We’ve…
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Winner: Free seat in my TDD Class
Tim Barber gets a free seat for my two day TDD class in London for his post about his dedication to learning this subject . Tim, I’ll see you there! Tim gets in free to learn the following subjects and more: Creating…