Author: Cory Foy

I guess one can never hit the big time until you make it into a Dilbert Cartoon. So, I guess that means XP/Agile has made it. (Thanks to Dale Emery for pointing it out on the XP list)

Interesting little trick I came across today. I had a list of values that looked like: Compare time: 0.109375sCompare time: 0.015625sCompare time: 0.03125sCompare time: 0.015625sCompare time: 0.03125sCompare time: 0.015625s I wanted to add up all the values, and didn’t have access to a Linux box (where I could just run awk in a while loop),…

Yes, yes, Oh my gosh, it’s so cool that now the world has brought up Web 2.0 and AJAX we’ll finally be able to have full-fledged apps from the browser. Whoop de doo. Please. I mean, first, AJAX isn’t all that new. Yes, it is now gaining support in mainstream browsers, but it didn’t just…

Recently, I got an email from someone who was trying to figure out how they should go about testing a private void class. They had an existing legacy app they were trying to get under test, and just weren’t sure how to approach it. The methods looked like: private void menuItem15_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e){  Fdialog =…

I was excited to come across Nokia’s new open source site. Combining that with their recent announcement to be on board with Eclipse, and it just goes to show how much I love that platform. I’ve heard rumors that they are going to be releasing a way to build apps in C# for their Symbian…

For those of you who in the U.S. who are changing your clocks back an hour tonight, and even for those of you who aren’t, be sure to change the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. If you don’t have a smoke detector, you can purchase them pretty cheaply at any store like…

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I’ve been helping some fine developers port over FIT from Java to C#. The SpreadsheetRunner is part of that, but there are other core ones that SpreadsheetRunner inherits from, namely CustomRunner and MakeParse. Since I could find the existing unit tests for those I gave it the ol’…

Last week a renewed interest came up on the Fitnesse list about getting a .NET port running. Several people had started various bits, and all decided to try to come together to get it running. As part of that, I threw in my hat and got assigned to get FolderRunner (meaning SpreadsheetRunner) working. Basically this…

On the XP list, Dominic Williams wrote in with: I don’t want to give the impression of dodging your questions, so I’ll contribute what I can below. However, are you or your boss assuming that if XP or Agile has been done before in a similar company, it is somehow less risky for you to…

We’ve finally finished the move into our new offices at work. Friday was an absolute madhouse. We cut off the servers at noon, packed them up in my truck and carted them over to the new space while the movers ripped down all the cubes and loaded the boxes. The new server room is a…