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Thursday, 30 June 2016

Turning Technical Tasks Into User Stories

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When working on a mature system it’s all to easy to fall into describing the work as a bunch of technical tasks. Those in the trenches that ...
Friday, 24 June 2016

Confusing Assert and Throw

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One of the earliest programming books I read that I still have a habit of citing fairly often is Steve Maguire’s Writing Solid Code . This i...
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Wednesday, 15 June 2016

Mocking Framework Expectations

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I’ve never really got on with mocking frameworks as I’ve generally preferred to write my own mocks, when I do need to use them. This may be ...
Friday, 3 June 2016

Showcasing APIs – The Demo Site

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Developers that work on front-ends have it easy [1]. When it comes to doing a sprint demo or showcasing your work you’ve got something glitz...
Thursday, 2 June 2016

My Kingdom for a C# Typedef

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Two of the things I’ve missed most from C++ when writing C# are const and typedef . Okay, so there are a number of other things I’ve missed...
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Sunday, 29 May 2016

The Curse of NTLM Based HTTP Proxies

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I first crossed swords with an NTLM authenticating proxy around the turn of the millennium when I was working on an internet based real-tim...
Monday, 23 May 2016

The Tortoise and the Hare

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[ This was my second contribution to the 50 Shades of Scrum book project. It was also written back in late 2013. ] One of the great thing...
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Chris Oldwood
Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
A freelance C# & C++ programmer with 30 years experience writing applications and services primarily on Windows.
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