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April 17, 2026by enderpipwiggins

How I Rebuilt Mx. Pip’s Tea Room With Angular and AI

There is a version of this story where I hired a web developer, handed over a brief, and received a polished product in return. That is not this story. This story begins, as many of my better ideas do, with a feeling of restlessness. The old WordPress theme had served its purpose. It was fine. […]

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Posts from an older coding blog, circa 2016–2017.

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May 15, 2017by pkandreason

Codestock 2017 Day 1 Notes

Keynote – Hadi Hariri from Jet Brains, “The Silver Bullet Syndrome” This is a link to the speech from another conference in 2015 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wyd6J3yjcs Shawn Wildermuth, “Being a Better Developer: Learning Skills that are not on Your Resume twitter: @shawnwildermuth … Continue reading →

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December 5, 2016by pkandreason

Professional Development 11/28 through 12/4/2016

DevOps Continuously deploy your Angular 2 app using Octopus – http://www.centric.eu/NL/Default/Craft/Blogs/2016/09/29/Continuously-deploy-your-Angular-2-app-using-Octopus A better way to inject environmental variables in Angular – https://medium.com/@kudresov/a-better-way-to-inject-environmental-variables-in-angular-d3b2d01a3c5e#.rxy76m5j4 Software Development Introduction to BDD in C# .NET SpecFlow Visual Studio – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hv_qyrLvp4 Behavior-driven Development – https://www.infoq.com/presentations/Behavior-driven-Development

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November 28, 2016by pkandreason

Professional Development 11/14 through 11/27/2016

Development Process The “Sashimi Method” for Building Software – http://blog.3back.com/development/sashimi-method-building-software/ Sashimi: A Scrum Practice – http://varunm.com/project-management/scrum/sashimi-a-scrum-practice/ Story Slicing, How Small is Enough? – https://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2010/09/story-slicing-how-small-is-enough.html#.WC8jcebR9hE

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November 14, 2016by pkandreason

Professional Development 11/7 through 11/13/2016

Software Development RxJS and Observables with Angular 2 – Cory Rylan – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmEvKLYF0os Hot vs Cold Observables – https://medium.com/@benlesh/hot-vs-cold-observables-f8094ed53339#.smndd23bt Decorators & metadata reflection in TypeScript: From Novice to Expert (Part I) – http://blog.wolksoftware.com/decorators-reflection-javascript-typescript Introduction to OAuth2, OpenID Connect, and JSON Web Tokens (JWT) – … Continue reading →

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November 7, 2016by pkandreason

Professional Development 10/31 through 11/6/2016

Software Development Unit Testing Services in AngularJS for Fun and Profit – https://nathanleclaire.com/blog/2014/04/12/unit-testing-services-in-angularjs-for-fun-and-for-profit/ Token Based Authentication using ASP.NET WebAPI2, Owin, and Identity – http://bitoftech.net/2014/06/01/token-based-authentication-asp-net-web-api-2-owin-asp-net-identity/ RxJS Observables Crash Course – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei7FsoXKPl0 RxJS In-Depth with Ben Lesh – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOOT7BArVHQ

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October 30, 2016by pkandreason

Professional Development 10/3 through 10/30/2016

Software Development Angular 2 – An introduction of bootstrap and providers – https://medium.com/front-end-hacking/angular-2-an-introduction-of-bootstrap-and-providers-1c60ffbb7604#.yu41r0faw Undercover Testablilty Killers – http://www.daedtech.com/undercover-testability-killers/ Webpack Fundamentals by Joe Eames – pluralsight.com Use the Angular CLI for Faster Projects – https://scotch.io/tutorials/use-the-angular-cli-for-faster-angular-2-projects E2E Testing – https://docs.angularjs.org/guide/e2e-testing Getting Started with Docker by Nigel … Continue reading →

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October 3, 2016by pkandreason

Professional Development 9/26 through 10/2/2016

Software Development Entity Framework Tutorial – http://www.entityframeworktutorial.net/ Goodbye CoffeeScript, Hello TypeScript – http://blog.heapanalytics.com/goodbye-coffeescript-hello-typescript/ ASP.NET WebAPI: Getting Started with MVC4 and WebAPI – http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/344078/ASP-NET-WebAPI-Getting-Started-with-MVC-and-WebAP Learn AngularJS 2: The Basics, Ray Villalobos – Lynda.com Business Overpowered Metrics Eat Underspecified Goals – http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2016/09/29/soft-bias-of-underspecified-goals/ Communication Five Ways to … Continue reading →

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September 25, 2016by pkandreason

Professional Development 9/19 through 9/25/2016

Communication Assertiveness Is Controlling Your Actions, Aggressiveness is Controlling Others – http://lifehacker.com/assertiveness-is-controlling-your-actions-aggressivene-1786792897 This Is How To Be More Assertive: 3 Powerful Secrets From Research – http://www.bakadesuyo.com/2016/09/how-to-be-more-assertive/ Software Development Wherefore Art Thou, Tech Debt? – http://www.daedtech.com/wherefore-art-thou-tech-debt/ Testing In Elm –https://medium.com/@_rchaves_/testing-in-elm-93ad05ee1832#.uvlcltoid Mongan, John, Eric Giguère, … Continue reading →

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September 19, 2016by pkandreason

Professional Development 7/18 through 9/16/2016

Software Development Easy to Miss Code Smells – http://www.daedtech.com/easy-miss-code-smells/ ReactJS For Stupid People – http://blog.andrewray.me/reactjs-for-stupid-people/ Single Exit Pattern and Test Coverage – http://www.geoffmazeroff.com/2016/08/26/single-exit-pattern-and-test-coverage/ Monads: Array, Promise and Maybe monads. Plus Docker is a functor (via @pcameronpresley) – https://glebbahmutov.com/blog/monads/ Typescript vs Coffeescript vs ES6 – http://www.slideshare.net/NeilGreen1/type-script-vs-coffeescript-vs-es6 … Continue reading →

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July 19, 2016by pkandreason

Transforming Tribal Knowledge Into Learning Trees: Part 1 -Getting Jekyll and Squirrel-U Running Locally in Visual Studio

Last weekend I attended CodeStock 2016 and listened to many speakers tout their wares and tell their software engineering stories. One of the most interesting, and entertaining sessions I attended was entitled “Transforming Tribal Knowledge Into Learning Trees” given by Jim D Kohl … Continue reading →

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July 18, 2016by pkandreason

Professional Development – 3/14 through 7/17/2016

Software Development KnoxvilleJS: How to hack your own systems by Jared Smith – https://youtu.be/7YhdR3t2CI0 Using Images in app_offline.htm – https://randombrainworks.com/2012/12/25/using-images-in-app_offline-htm/ Front-end Foundations: Code School – https://www.codeschool.com/learn/html-css Front-end Formations: Code School – https://www.codeschool.com/learn/html-css Assembling SASS: Code School – https://www.codeschool.com/learn/html-css CSS Cross Country: Code School – https://www.codeschool.com/learn/html-css WCF … Continue reading →

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March 14, 2016by pkandreason

Professional Development 2/29 through 3/13/2016

Software Development Update NuGet.exe version used by Team Build 2013 Package Restore – https://blog.stangroome.com/2014/02/04/update-nuget-exe-version-used-by-team-build-2013-package-restore/ App_offline.htm gotchas with ASP.NET MVC – http://blog.kurtschindler.net/app_offline-htm-gotchas-with-asp-net-mvc/ How to: NuGet Package Restore when sharing projects between solutions – http://www.xavierdecoster.com/how-to-nuget-package-restore-when-sharing-projects-between-solutions NuGet Reference Paths for Projects in Multiple Solutions – https://blog.stangroome.com/2013/11/26/nuget-reference-paths-for-projects-in-multiple-solutions/

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February 29, 2016by pkandreason

Professional Development 2/1 through 2/28/2016

Software Development SignalR + WCF + SOLID: Ways an SOA WCF Notification Service can use SignalR – https://dotnetsilverlightprism.wordpress.com/2013/11/11/signalr-wcf-solid-ways-an-soa-wcf-notification-service-can-use-signalr/ T-SQL Tuesday #006 – LOBs in the SSIS DataFlow – http://agilebi.com/jwelch/2010/05/11/t-sql-tuesday-006-lobs-in-the-ssis-dataflow/ Implementing Logging in [SSIS] Packages – https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms138020%28v=sql.105%29.aspx Sharepoint Development Getting data from Multiple lines … Continue reading →

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February 1, 2016by pkandreason

Professional Development 1/25 through 1/31/2016

Software Development REFACTORING A SWITCH STATEMENT – http://elegantcode.com/2009/01/10/refactoring-a-switch-statement/ Building Real-time Web Apps with ASP.NET WebAPI and WebSockets – http://blogs.msdn.com/b/youssefm/archive/2012/07/17/building-real-time-web-apps-with-asp-net-webapi-and-websockets.aspx Tutorial: Getting Started with SignalR 2 and MVC 5 – http://www.asp.net/signalr/overview/getting-started/tutorial-getting-started-with-signalr-and-mvc Why should ASP.NET developers consider SignalR for ALL projects? – http://kevgriffin.com/why-should-asp-net-developers-consider-signalr-for-all-projects/ Using Unity for … Continue reading →

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January 26, 2016by pkandreason

Professional Development 1/18 through 1/24/2016

Software Development Customizing Team Build 2010 – Part 1: Introduction – http://www.ewaldhofman.nl/post/2010/04/20/Customize-Team-Build-2010-e28093-Part-1-Introduction.aspx Customizing Team Build 2010 – Part 2: Add arguments and variables http://www.ewaldhofman.nl/post/2010/04/27/Customize-Team-Build-2010-e28093-Part-2-Add-arguments-and-variables.aspx Customizing Team Build 2010 – Part 3: Use more complex arguments: http://www.ewaldhofman.nl/post/2010/04/28/Customize-Team-Build-2010-e28093-Part-3-Use-more-complex-arguments.aspx Customizing Team Build 2010 – Part … Continue reading →

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January 24, 2016by pkandreason

Ditching the Switch/Case

The other day I was exploring some code that I was preparing to edit in order to provide new functionality. It is a web service that takes values from the calling application, populates a PDF with the values, and publishes … Continue reading →

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January 20, 2016by pkandreason

Professional Development 1/11 through 1/17/16

Software Development SSIS – Storing Dataflow Results to Object Variable with Recordset Destination – http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/5231.ssis-storing-dataflow-results-to-object-variable-with-recordset-destination.aspx

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January 11, 2016by pkandreason

Professional Development 1/4 through 1/10/2016

Software Development Introduction to Automation Testing – Selenium – https://youtu.be/8s_JuwA_9yw Knockout JS and MVC Model Binding – http://qedcode.com/content/knockout-js-and-mvc-model-binding Reducing (? … ) Syntax Confusion (via Rex Egg) – http://www.rexegg.com/regex-disambiguation.html Culture How to Detect Sucker Culture while Interviewing – http://www.daedtech.com/how-to-detect-sucker-culture-while-interviewing/ Of programmers and scrubs … Continue reading →

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January 4, 2016by pkandreason

Professional Development 11/23/2015 through 1/4/2016

Software development Agile for Introverts: Re-Imagined programmer Collaboration – http://www.daedtech.com/agile-for-introverts-re-imagined-programmer-collaboration When Should You Refactor – http://ardalis.com/when-should-you-refactor?utm_content=buffer0d006&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Bringing Objectivity to Clean Code – http://www.daedtech.com/bringing-objectivity-clean-code Refactoring is a Development Technique, Not a Project – http://www.daedtech.com/refactoring-development-technique-not-project/ Refactoring Fundamentals by Steve Smith via @PluralSight Computer Science Computer Scientists and … Continue reading →

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November 24, 2015by pkandreason

Professional Development 11/16 through 11/22/2015

Software Development Building Superior Code … Is It Achievable? – http://www.daedtech.com/building-superior-code-is-it-achievable Insert and Update Records with an SSIS ETL Package – http://sqlblog.net/2014/05/01/insert-and-update-records-with-a-ssis-etl-package/

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November 17, 2015by pkandreason

Professional Development 11/9 Through 11/15/2015

Software Development CATCHING AND STORING EXCEPTIONS IN SSIS SCRIPT TASKS – https://philcurnow.wordpress.com/2013/11/02/catching-and-storing-exceptions-in-ssis-script-tasks/ WPF For JavaScript – http://www.i-programmer.info/news/89-net/9134-wpf-for-javascript.html Fluent Assertions – https://github.com/dennisdoomen/fluentassertions/wiki Externalize your Sharepoint Data Using SQL Integration Services – https://youtu.be/O0OjT_VEObI How To Use a SharePoint List as a Data Source in your SSIS … Continue reading →

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November 9, 2015by pkandreason

Professional Development 11/2 through 11/8/2015

Process Modern Agile – https://www.industriallogic.com/blog/modern-agile/?utm_content=buffera79da&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Caring about coding – https://blog.8thlight.com/alexandru-codreanu/dario-garcia/lucas-giudice/2015/10/30/caring-coding.html Software Development Introduction to the ASP.NET Web API (via @pluralsight) – https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/aspnetwebapi/table-of-contents

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November 2, 2015by pkandreason

Professional Development 10/27 through 11/1/2015

Software Development How to Address Your Coworker’s Bad Code (Part 1) – http://www.daedtech.com/how-to-address-your-coworkers-bad-code-part-1 The “Cobra Effect” that is disabling paste on password fields – http://www.troyhunt.com/2014/05/the-cobra-effect-that-is-disabling.html?m=1&utm_content=buffer719cc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Do Programmers Practice Computer Science? – http://www.daedtech.com/do-programmers-practice-computer-science Authentification with Active Directory (AD) with Asp.Net MVC – http://patrickdesjardins.com/blog/authentification-with-active-directory-ad-with-asp-net-mvc ASP.NET MVC … Continue reading →

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October 26, 2015by pkandreason

Professional Development 10/19 through 10/25/2015

Software Development The Myth of the Software Rewrite – http://www.daedtech.com/the-myth-of-the-software-rewrite Different strategies for removing duplicate records in SQL Server – https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/1918/different-strategies-for-removing-duplicate-records-in-sql-server/ Using Common Table Expressions – https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190766(v=sql.105).aspx Query active directory to get a user’s role in .NET (Check out 2nd answer for info … Continue reading →

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October 24, 2015by pkandreason

Cable TV, Contracts, and the Interface Segregation Principle

The Cable Empire: Misuses of Contracts When purchasing cable television at my address, there are 3 providers available for me to choose from; Charter, DirecTV, and Dish. Each of these options give me several “package” choices, which each contain different … Continue reading →

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October 19, 2015by pkandreason

Professional Development from 10/12 through 10/18/2015

Software Development Composition over Inheritance – https://youtu.be/wfMtDGfHWpA Coding Dogo: Meteor JS – Introduction and Microservices – https://youtu.be/8OPOy8v3xIw Dark Patterns: fighting user deception worldwide – http://darkpatterns.org/ Career Scrum Master + Team Lead = Team Master? – http://www.daedtech.com/scrum-master-team-lead-team-master Fractional Scrum, or “Scrum-But” – http://agileatlas.org/articles/item/fractional-scrum-or-scrum-but Management Why it … Continue reading →

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October 11, 2015by pkandreason

Professional Development 10/5 through 10/11/2015

Software Development Integrated Tests Are a Scam – http://blog.thecodewhisperer.com/2010/10/16/integrated-tests-are-a-scam/ Pairwise Testing for Dummies – http://blogs.msdn.com/b/davfries/archive/2004/06/17/158900.aspx Using the TestCaseSource attribute in NUnit – http://www.philjhale.com/2015/10/using-testcasesource-attribute-in-nunit.html GUID Guide, part one – http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2012/04/24/guid-guide-part-one.aspx Eliminating Duplicate Primary Keys in SSIS – http://toddmcdermid.blogspot.com/2009/01/eliminating-duplicate-primary-keys-in.html Process The Myth of Quick Copy-And-Paste Programming – http://www.daedtech.com/the-myth-of-quick-copy-and-paste-programming … Continue reading →

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October 5, 2015by pkandreason

Professional Development – 9/21 through 10/4/2015

Software Development “JavaScript: The Good Parts” by Douglas Crockford (via @AlanBarber) – https://alanbarber.com/2015/09/21/video-monday-javascript-the-good-parts/ How to Crush Unit Test Procrastination (via @pcameronpresley) – http://www.cli-nerd.com/2015/09/01/how-to-stop-unit-test-procrastination.html SSIS Skip Rows in Excel Source file – http://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssis/ssis-skip-rows-in-excel-source-file.html Retrieve Excel Schema Using SQL Integration Services SSIS – https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/1674/retrieve-excel-schema-using-sql-integration-services-ssis/ 31 … Continue reading →

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September 21, 2015by pkandreason

Professional Development 9/14 through 9/20/2015

Security 5 Questions That Can Keep You Off Email Blacklists – https://www.pardot.com/email/5-questions-email-blacklists/ Sending encrypted e-mail with C# – http://www.diaryofaninja.com/blog/2009/10/02/sending-encrypted-email-with-c An S/MIME Library for Sending Signed and Encrypted E-mail – http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/41727/An-S-MIME-Library-for-Sending-Signed-and-Encrypted Send encrypted email using certificates in .Net – http://cyberstarweb.com/send-encrypted-email-using-certificates-in-net/

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September 7, 2015by pkandreason

Professional Development 8/24 through 9/6/2015

Software Development Modern Extreme Programming (via @pcameronpresley) – http://benjiweber.co.uk/blog/2015/04/17/modern-extreme-programming/ Semantic Versioning with Jake Ginnivan – http://dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showNum=1178 SQL Server – Unit and Integration Testing of SSIS Packages – https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/Dn342874.aspx Testing DateTime.Now (and other things) with an Ambient Context – https://relentlessdevelopment.wordpress.com/2013/09/30/testing-datetimes-and-other-things-with-an-ambient-context/ Bulk Report Generation using SSIS … Continue reading →

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August 24, 2015by pkandreason

Professional Development 8/17 through 8/23/2015

Software Development Captcha Mvc [ Getting started] – http://vvson.net/Projects/en-US/Documentation/captchamvc-getting-started Html.AntiForgeryToken – Balancing Security with Usability – http://www.diaryofaninja.com/blog/2014/01/29/htmlantiforgerytoken-ndash-balancing-security-with-usability JavaScript unit testing: using the Chutzpah test runner in Visual Studio – http://blogs.msdn.com/b/matt-harrington/archive/2014/10/27/javascript-unit-testing-using-the-chutzpah-test-runner-in-visual-studio.aspx Unit testing jQuery w/ QUnit – http://www.mattevanoff.com/2011/01/unit-testing-jquery-w-qunit/ Security Concerns Why File Upload Forms are … Continue reading →

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August 9, 2015by pkandreason

Professional Development 8/3 through 8/9/2015

Software Development Tearout.js – https://demoappdirectory.openf.in/desktop/deploy/tearout-demo/docs/tearout.html Blasting Off With Bootstrap: Level 1 – https://www.codeschool.com/courses/blasting-off-with-bootstrap Bootstrap tutorial – http://www.tutorialrepublic.com/twitter-bootstrap-tutorial/ Chutzpah – A JavaScript Test Runner – http://matthewmanela.com/projects/chutzpah/ Resharper Help: Unit testing in JavaScript – https://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/help/ReSharper_by_Language__JavaScript__Unit_Testing.html QUnit.js: Introduction to Unit Testing – https://qunitjs.com/intro/ Psychology Amy Cuddy: Your body language … Continue reading →

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August 3, 2015by pkandreason

Professional Development 7/27 Through 8/2/2015

Software Development 11 Best Practices for Peer Code Review – http://smartbear.com/SmartBear/media/pdfs/WP-CC-11-Best-Practices-of-Peer-Code-Review.pdf Running NUnit tests from Team Foundation Server 2012 Continuous Integration Build – http://www.mytechfinds.com/articles/software-testing/6-test-automation/72-running-nunit-tests-from-team-foundation-server-2012-continuous-integration-build Process The Positive Coder Experiment – http://www.nicolasbize.com/blog/the-positive-coder-experiment/ Career FATE-DRIVEN CAREER MANAGEMENT – http://www.geoffmazeroff.com/2015/07/30/fate-driven-career-management/

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July 27, 2015by pkandreason

Professional Development, 7/20 through 7/26/2015

Career Start your own agency – http://bit.ly/1M0bRaM Hiring at Mozilla: Beyond Resumés and Interview Panels – http://benjamin.smedbergs.us/blog/2015-05-11/hiring-at-mozilla-beyond-resumes-and-interview-panels/ Software Development The Power of Ten – Rules for Developing Safety Critical Code – http://pixelscommander.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/P10.pdf JavaScript Unit Testing with Visual Studio – https://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2013/12/01/javascript-unit-testing-with-visual-studio.aspx ASP.NET MVC Tip #30 – … Continue reading →

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July 20, 2015by pkandreason

Professional Development 7/13 through 7/19/2015

Career Let’s Put Some Dignity Back into Job Seeking – http://www.daedtech.com/lets-put-some-dignity-back-into-job-seeking YOUR PLAYBOOK – http://www.geoffmazeroff.com/2015/07/06/your-playbook/ Software Development The Sch-M lock is Evil – http://michaeljswart.com/2013/04/the-sch-m-lock-is-evil/ The “Same Origin” security policy – http://javascript.info/tutorial/same-origin-security-policy Cross-window messaging with postMessage – http://javascript.info/tutorial/cross-window-messaging-with-postmessage Craftsmanship UX, PRIME DAY, AND WHY I’M IRRITATED … Continue reading →

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July 14, 2015by pkandreason

Notes on Tara Nicholson’s Talk, “The Quality Of Things,” From CodeStock 2015

This year at CodeStock I attended a talk by Tara Nicholson on the subject of quality assurance. Several of my colleagues wanted access to my notes on the talk and I thought this would be the best forum for those … Continue reading →

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July 7, 2015by pkandreason

Extension Dilema

I was just working on a little Open Source project I have where I need an un-directed graph to represent relationships between people who have and have not met. I have also been working on a little open source project … Continue reading →

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July 6, 2015by pkandreason

Professional Development 6/29 through 7/5/2015

Process You’re Doing It Wrong – http://agilethings.nl/youre-doing-it-wrong/ Scrum: Top Ten Signs You’re Doing It Wrong – http://blog.peteonrails.com/2008/08/scrum-top-ten-signs-youre-doing-it-wrong/ I Was Wrong About Scrum – http://www.netobjectives.com/blogs/i-was-wrong-about-scrum You’re Doing Agile Wrong – http://blog.ircmaxell.com/2014/10/youre-doing-agile-wrong.html Manifesto for Agile Software Development – http://agilemanifesto.org/ Career Office Politics 101 for Recovering Idealists – http://www.daedtech.com/office-politics-101-for-recovering-idealists … Continue reading →

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June 28, 2015by pkandreason

Professional Development 6/22 through 6/28/2015

Software Development The Trouble With Bools: Part 1 – http://blog.gatunka.com/2015/06/15/the-trouble-with-bools-part-1/ An Introduction To The Data Builder Patern – http://www.thefriendlytester.co.uk/2015/06/an-introduction-to-data-builder-pattern.html Alan Parkinson, Creating data for Functional Tests with the Test Data Builder Pattern – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLg36oBL-PE Let’s Make Better Code Metrics – http://www.daedtech.com/lets-make-better-code-metrics Process Why “Agile” and especially … Continue reading →

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June 22, 2015by pkandreason

Thoughts on “My Candidate Description” by @daedtech

I recently read a post by one of my favorite technical bloggers, Erik Dietrich. In the post, titled “My Candidate Description,” Erik presents a solution to the large number of calls that he gets due to the nature of his … Continue reading →

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June 22, 2015by pkandreason

Professional Development 6/15 through 6/21/2015

Software Development How to Become a Great JavaScript Developer – http://blog.ustunozgur.com/javascript/programming/books/videos/2015/06/17/how_to_be_a_great_javascript_software_developer.html Fake and Mock Objects in Pictures – http://www.industriallogic.com/blog/mock-objects-pictures/?utm_content=buffer039bc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer bcp utility gotchas – http://luke.breuer.com/time/item/bcp_utility_gotchas/46.aspx The first secret of design is … noticing – http://www.ted.com/talks/tony_fadell_the_first_secret_of_design_is_noticin Psychology, Mental Health, and Managing Professional Relationships The Knot of … Continue reading →

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June 14, 2015by pkandreason

Professional Development 6/8 through 6/14/2015

Software Engineering Improving Your Craft with Static Analysis – http://www.daedtech.com/improving-your-craft-with-static-analysis Using SqlBulkCopy for high performance inserts – http://www.developerfusion.com/article/122498/using-sqlbulkcopy-for-high-performance-inserts/ Don’t Learn to Code — Learn to Automate – http://www.daedtech.com/dont-learn-to-code-learn-to-automate C# .NET: FASTEST WAY TO READ TEXT FILES – http://cc.davelozinski.com/c-sharp/fastest-way-to-read-text-files ADVICE NEEDED ABOUT LSP VIOLATION AVOIDANCE … Continue reading →

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June 7, 2015by pkandreason

Professional Development 6/1 through 6/7/2015

Software Engineering Domain-Driven Design Concepts Reference – http://www.geoffmazeroff.com/2015/05/27/domain-driven-design-concepts-reference Flyweight pattern – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flyweight_pattern The Repository Pattern: Basics and clarification – http://shawnmc.cool/the-repository-pattern Parallel.ForEach can cause a “Out Of Memory” exception if working with a enumerable with a large object – https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6977218/parallel-foreach-can-cause-a-out-of-memory-exception-if-working-with-a-enumera Samples … Continue reading →

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May 31, 2015by pkandreason

Professional Development 5/26 through 5/31/2015

Software Engineering ASP.NET MVC: USING A CUSTOM MODEL BINDER TO POST A LIST OF INTERFACE OBJECTS – http://mhwelander.net/2014/03/29/asp-net-mvc-using-a-custom-model-binder-to-post-a-list-of-interface-objects/ The Anaemic Domain Model is No Anti-Pattern, Its a SOLID Design – https://blog.inf.ed.ac.uk/sapm/2014/02/04/the-anaemic-domain-model-is-no-anti-pattern-its-a-solid-design/ (via @GeoffMazeroff) ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit ModalPopupExtender Control in … Continue reading →

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May 24, 2015by pkandreason

Professional Development 5/18 through 5/24/2015

Software Development What Makes a Website Good? – https://expensiveproblem.com/what-makes-a-website-good 9 Anti-patterns Every Programmer Should be Aware of With Examples – http://sahandsaba.com/nine-anti-patterns-every-programmer-should-be-aware-of-with-examples.html The Bikeshed Email – http://phk.freebsd.dk/sagas/bikeshed.html Setting Input Values In jQuery With The val() Method – https://blog.udemy.com/jquery-set-value/ Window.postMessage() – https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/postMessage How Pair Programming Really Works – http://www.computer.org/cms/Computer.org/ComputingNow/homepage/2010/0110/W_SW_PairProgramming.pdf … Continue reading →

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May 17, 2015by pkandreason

Professional Development 5/11 through 5/17/2015

This week my focus at work has been on creating a prototype web application that uses a users AD credentials to log into a web based terminal emulator. Here are the resources that I found useful to help complete this … Continue reading →

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May 10, 2015by pkandreason

Professional Development 5/4/2015 through 5/10/2015

I recently started a new job and have found that there will likely be little time for me to write formal posts. I have little time to write formal posts even without the burden of learning everything there is to … Continue reading →

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April 13, 2015by pkandreason

Continuous Integration Is Not an Option

Continuous integration (CI) is the practice, in software engineering, of merging all developer working copies with a shared mainline several times a day. […]CI was originally intended to be used in combination with automated unit tests written through the practices … Continue reading →

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March 9, 2015by pkandreason

Translating Unit Test Names Into Requirements With .NET Attributes

A good stance and posture reflect a proper state of mind.” – Morehei Ueshiba The application that I work on for my current employer is, for all intents and purposes, a legacy application with very little unit testing done on … Continue reading →

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October 24, 2014by pkandreason

Updating Telerik Reports from Q1 2011 to Q2 2014

Instructors can impart only a fraction of the teaching. It is through your own devoted practice that the mysteries of the Art of Peace are brought to life.” – Morihei Ueshiba The company I work for uses Telerik reporting for … Continue reading →

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September 19, 2014by pkandreason

Let’s Talk About TDD

One should be prepared to receive ninety-nine percent of an enemy’s attack and stare death right in the face in order to illumine the Path.” – Morihei Ueshiba The first white-board question from the horrible interview that I had recently … Continue reading →

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September 15, 2014by pkandreason

The Tipping Point

Be grateful even for hardship, setbacks, and bad people. Dealing with such obstacles is an essential part of training in the Art of Peace.” – Morihei Ueshiba When the venture down this road into the public world of blogging began, … Continue reading →

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February 20, 2014by pkandreason

Keeping Centered

The key to good technique is to keep your hands, feet, and hips straight and centered. If you are centered, you can move freely. The physical center is your belly; if your mind is set there as well, you are … Continue reading →

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November 26, 2013by pkandreason

The Best Strategy

It is necessary to develop a strategy that utilizes all the physical conditions and elements that are directly at hand. The best strategy relies upon an unlimited set of responses.” – Morihei Ueshiba Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of Aikido, understood … Continue reading →

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November 12, 2013by pkandreason

Ukemi

From the Aikido Wikipedia page: “Aikido training is based primarily on two partners practicing pre-arranged forms (kata) rather than freestyle practice. The basic pattern is for the receiver of the technique (uke) to initiate an attack against the person who … Continue reading →