I've been 'aware' of an awesome feature from using the NullObject pattern since I really started using them. I didn't realize what that feature was until I had to explain it to a colleague today. I say it a lot, maybe not here, but…
I'm writing this a few days ahead. It's a holiday week. I'm going light this week. No post planned. I mean... i'm writing... So whatever. Represent the Concept This is my war drum, hammer, and dead horse. I see the value, the…
There's a few common patterns in software development that I consider an antipattern to highly effective code. Mostly it's Factories and Builders. Guess what this ramble is about? Builders are an Anti-Pattern There's more than one reason they are an anti-pattern. My…
I've written about my approaches to the UI before. The one that shows an example is The UI Does NOTHING! [https://quinngil.com/2019/01/08/ui-does-nothing/]. It takes a UWP example and transforms it into what I'd do. I haven't really…
I'm working with teams to become more familiar with Git. We're a Micrsoft shop and used TFS exclusively up until a few years ago. One of the challenges faced is how to get familiar with using Git. That's a huge hurdle I keep hearing.…
Got to green last time, now it's time to refactor and get it flowing!!! Patterns have started to show themselves; we extract it. We make similar things more similar so that we can extract the general form. If you have an idea; try it. If it works - Awesome.…
We refactored last episode, so we can do a new test! I'm lazy, 23 reflects that. Time to hack away and get 23 working! Largely based off of the code for 10. Make it work, then refactor it. With our modifications to the copied "10" code;…
Following up from our failing test for 10... Let's get back to it I don't have to step through code often. It's fun to do it sometimes. While stepping through, I try to express what I expect and then my surprise when I get…