Solomon suggests that unit testing doesn't...

What has attracted me to testing frameworks is the prospect of "automated and repeatable" tests. I want to be able to make a change to a subsystem, run the test...

I think Phil has got a good area here to investigate and put effort into.

I add a comment header to all programmability objects like stored procedures and user defined...

This thread points out common mistakes made by developers working in relative isolation. By default one might think that the solution is to either block developer from doing work in...

Andy: Great article: Simple and effective. If people want to delve deeper, that's what the discussion forum is for!

Comparing notes:

Why consider the "test first" technique? 1. I find it helps...

In the past I've been in job interviews where several questions were pointed at showing if the job matches my passion in life. Even with the law of numbers and...

As a database developer who frequently writes applications outside of the database platform (but often interacts with it and are data-driven), I'm a big fan of T-SQL and I feel...

I thought to myself: "Wow. Looks like PASS is getting PASS-ed around like a peace pipe!"

If I could afford it, I'd hire a ghostwriter!

I haven't yet fine-tuned my social networking involvement. I got into it with a few clear goals in mind: give back to...

There seems to be two opposing forces at work in the big picture--a dialectic if you will between tradeoffs and options. One force is the constant setting of guideposts and...

I'll tell you what I told Joshua Bell (world-famous violinist) when I got to the front of the line for autographs: "Uh, ...Nice work!"

I appreciate people willing to expose what they do during development. It's nice to compare notes and get ideas.

I wouldn't presume to expose my techniques under the rubric of...

Picture this: It's about 9:30 PM on Halloween night and finally I'm leaving work from 201 Mission Street downtown San Francisco. I was working with E-Discovery litigation consultants, and the...

Steve mentions that he feels he gets a "much better sense of a person" just by getting some face time. Is...

When I wrote this editorial, I was hoping that people would share some ideas and I'm glad to see some ideas rolling in already.

If one was willing to do a...