One of the more interesting things about facilitation is that you have to be prepared for just about anything. Retrospectives and exploratory sessions can generate very strong emotional responses – from yelling, to crying, to utter silence. However, most retrospectives are about improvement – part of the kaizen philosophy. At the end of the day,…
Speaking at MIX10! – IronRuby for the .NET Developer
It’s official! Scott Allen had a scheduling conflict, so I’ll be presenting IronRuby for the .NET Developer at MIX10 March 15th-17th, which is the culmination of a whirlwind of speaking events before that – Tools for Agility and Lean/Kanban Principles at the Southwest Florida Code Camp Feburary 27th, and a Blackberry 101 / J2ME TDD…
TDD with Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals
This evening I did an online presentation for the Ft. Lauderdale .NET User’s Group on DataDude Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals Visual Studio Team System Database Edition showing how you can use the refactoring, testing and data generation features to do Test-Driven Development in your SQL Server Databases. I’ve put the slides (which…
Find the Bug – C# and Infinite Loops with Collections
See if you can spot the problem with the following C# code: var list = new List { “fish”, “and”, “chips” }; for (int i = 0; i < list.Count; i++) { list.Add(list[i].ToUpper()); } As the title points out, this will cause an infinite loop, and will eat up all of your memory. What happens...
Upcoming Events: DataDude, WinDBG and Essential Agile .NET Skills
February is a busy month for me with several presentations and events going on: On February 2nd I’ll be presenting to the Ft. Lauderdale .NET User’s Group on Data Dude (also known as Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals). We’ll be covering how to do Test-First Development of your data and schemas. Information and…
Selling Software Craftsmanship in the Enterprise Video Now Available
Earlier this year I gave two talks on Selling Software Craftsmanship in the Enterprise – one at the Software Craftsmanship North America conference, and one at Tampa BarCamp. The video from my presentation at Tampa BarCamp is now available. Enjoy! Selling Software Craftsmanship in the Enterprise from Cory Foy on Vimeo.
Agile at MIX10
Every year, Microsoft holds a conference called MIX for web developers and designers. This year they had an open call for sessions, and I was lucky enough to be able to submit four sessions. But I need your help – only the top 10 vote-getting sessions get in to MIX, and the voting ends January…
Scrum Alliance Community Organizer Update
Just a quick note – for those of you who were familiar with my role as the Community Liaison with the Scrum Alliance. Effective today, my role has been transition out due to some reorganization happening. There will be announcements in the near future, but for now if you need something related to the Scrum…
DotNet Koans
For quite a while now, if you want to learn Ruby, you have the Pickaxe book, Why’s guide, and the fabulous Edgecase Ruby Koans on GitHub. The Koans are especially interesting because all you really need to do is setup a working environment and go. It tells you what you need to do next, by…
Essential Skills for Agile Developers – .NET Edition Scheduled for February in Tampa
Agile. Scrum. XP. Lean. It’s hard to turn anywhere without running into the signs that something is afoot in the development community. Next thing you know, your manager is asking you to deliver working software in a week – with code coverage metrics to boot! In this intensive, hands-on, 3-day session we cover the basics…