The UI should have no logic That's not strong enough. THE UI MUST DO NOTHING! That's better. The UI is the edge of our system. The edges of our system are hard to test. They interact with things that are not ours. We don't control them and we can't ensure…

I've been blogging for two years now. Well... Nearly two years as I write this on Thanksgiving. :) Last year I was in a really good groove cranking out posts. I had a lot fo really new stuff for me. This past 1/2 year has been a bit of a…

I'm not one to be opening my mouth about these types of things. Let's get that our there right now: I'm super unlikely to identify any of these concerns I'm not gonna be affected if nothing changes My lack of being bothered has zero impact that others are I want…

There's a lot of tools that exist to make what developers to easier to do. If it's something we do a lot, we tend to find ways to have something do it for us. I've done it. I'll probably do it again. I built a little tool to automate the…

There's a lot of tools that exist to make what developers to easier to do. If it's something we do a lot, we tend to find ways to have something do it for us. I've done it. I'll probably do it again. I built a little tool to automate the…

There's a lot of tools that exist to make what developers to easier to do. If it's something we do a lot, we tend to find ways to have something do it for us. I've done it. I'll probably do it again. I built a little tool to automate the…

No new inline? Coming from a predominately Java and C# background, new is how the language instantiates an object so it's a nice short phrase. When we write a method and need a collaborator, we'll typically instantiate the collaborator right there. public void DoStuff(){ var thing = new Thing(); ... } I consider…

Testability - The only way to not have legacy code. If the code you're working in doesn't have tests - it's legacy code. The more tests you have the less legacy it is. I say this coming from the many conversations I've had about what makes code "legacy code&…

As a Software Engineer, what's our job? As a Software Engineer, what's our responsibility? As a Software Engineer, what do we do for the company? I assume we all have a job description - Is that what we do? Design, Write, Test, and Debug software? At a high, generic level,…

ifs only as a guard clause is one of the most impactful things that can be done to reduce complexity in code. I'm a very strong advocate for a lot of Object Oriented Practices. Most of them, really. I'm not great at all the buzzwords... or words I should know.…