If you haven?t heard of it, you?re about to be delighted. Every developer (at least those on Windows) should know about this project, if for nothing more than to make life setting up your dev machine a piece of cake. What is Chocolatey? Straight from the Chocolatey.org site: Chocolatey NuGet is a Machine Package Manager, […]
Read MoreThe say time flies when you are having fun and nothing could be more true when working on Nancy. Two months have already passed since we started work on 0.8.0, a release that was suppose to roughly take around 4-5 weeks to complete and consist mostly of diagnostics related changes. Boy were we wrong. A […]
Read MoreEver since NuGet came online I?ve been wanting a way to find out about new packages, and updates to packages. Since OData extends the ATOM feed and you can hook an OData feed up to any RSS reader I set out to find a way to get at those recent updates to the NuGet feed […]
Read MoreHave you noticed how comforting it feels to be certain of something? Certain that your spouse will make it home safely tonight, that your job will be there next Monday morning, or that your car will start when you turn the key? Those things feel nice, don?t they? That feeling is why we want certainty […]
Read MoreIn a couple of weeks, I’ll be doing an introductory presentation on Node.js at the Agile.NET 2011 conference. While having a look at the other sessions and speakers, I’m quite honored to be able to join these smart bunch of craftsmen. In fact, I’m still amazed that the organizers accepted my proposal. But hey, they’ll […]
Read MoreListen now! Jeffrey Palermo joins us to talk about his career and the new challenges of leadership in a technical organization. That inevitable moment of choosing whether or not to work in management deserves serious consideration and Jeffrey helps us think through the issues any potential technical leader faces. Jeffrey is the Chief Operating Officer […]
Read MoreToday was my very first day at iChoosr, a small internet startup that focuses on Vendor Relationship Management. I?ll be working there as a web developer in a small team of very bright people. Working for a small startup is a totally new experience for me. So I?m very excited about what the future will […]
Read MoreTo me, developers that are not applying TDD practices during their day-to-day job always seem more in a hurry than developers that do apply red-green-refactor. In their hurry, they’re the first to cut corners and start making messes while they rush to their goal. A while ago it dawned to me why that is. They […]
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