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The Cowboy Coder

I was driving down the road to pick up dinner when a familiar tune came on the radio. I usually listen to music on my Windows Phone, but I had forgotten to put it in my pocket before I left. The song started out with an electronic voice saying "cowboy\u2026...

9 Tips on Surviving the Wild West Development Process

Some tips on surviving the Wild West Development Process, the "promise first and ask questions later" process.

Surviving the Wild West Development Process

In a perfect world, we all strive for a some kind of development process, be that: Waterfall development, Prototyping, all things Agile or whatever process the CIO / CTO /CEO got sold on by some consultancy, but in the real world what sometimes ("sometimes"...

TDD: breaking the mould

video and slides of my recent talk at Skills Matter, on different models of TDD and ideas on how to push beyond basic TDD elements.

Unit Testing Fundamentals

This article describes the principles of unit testing, rather than the technical details. It's aimed at beginners. Experienced unit-testers will get little from it, except perhaps the pleasure of pointing out mistakes.

The Best and Brightest of the Agile Methods

Interestingly, some industry thought leaders and consultants believe Agile is a development-only set of methods, neglecting the strong emphasis on project and risk management. I have read these analyses and have given careful consideration to their viewpoints....

Dude, are you still programming using if...then...else?

This article shows a concrete example of the true advantages of using design patterns when implementing software.

About good Leaders, Agile managers and Value Streams

How do you manage a Lean-Agile organisation? Do you inspire people? Do you carry out a transactional manager role? What constitutes a Good Lean-Agile manager?

The Future of Front-End Testing

Automated front-end testing is needed for web applications. But what are the words associated with state-of-the-art front-end tests? Unstable? Slow? Hard to maintain? It shouldn't be that way and this video provides some steps to recovery.