Encapsulation - it's a huge part of what allows us to be highly effective developers. It's what MicroObjects is about. Encapsulation is the highest thing to strive for when striving to write good code. If we encapsulate our data so effectively that we can never just…
I'm working on ways I can share the practices and mindset that allows me to create MicroObjects. One of the suggestions I've gotten from a co-worker, John [https://twitter.com/jeboal], was to create as simple of a project as possible and show my steps to…
I got Java By Comparison [https://java.by-comparison.com] from Amazon [https://www.amazon.com/Java-Comparison-Become-Craftsman-Examples/dp/1680502875/] a while ago. I wasn't impressed with what my initial page flipping showed me. I skimmed it and largely evaluated based on name and example code. Feel free to ignore…
Some friends and I play D&D through Fantasy Grounds. It's a great app, we have a lot of fun playing through it. While we start getting used to it; there's been interest in being able to make custom things. From a couple friends who&…
NOTE: I'm hoping this serves as my reference point for answering questions about my thoughts on NoEstimates. I'll probably expand it over time as I get more data. * 2018-07-05 - Initial Writing * 2018-07-09.A - Clarifying the lack fo seeing arguments. * 2018-07-09.B - Clarifying why…
The HackerNews Reader app is a project I'm using to practice and beat new concepts into my head. It's not quite proof of concept level - because I understand the concepts; it's a playground of sorts. Originally it was a place to practice TDD…
NOTE: This was written about a year before posting. Churning I've been putting off working on the UWP app for a while. Part of it is routine change due to summer. The larger part is that I don't really know UI Widgets in UWP well (or…
NOTE: This was written about a year before posting. As mentioned in the last UWP post; we're going to reset a little and get just a single item going through the entire pipe. Losing the idea of Items for now and focus on just an Item and the…