DotNetKicks.com - Stories tagged with Quality

Improving code quality - 2 ways to go

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:11:29 GMT

I've been thinking about this for at least a week or two. In fact, it's been since I started (and finished) reading the book "Clean Code" by Robert C. Martin. There is probably only two way to go.

The Curious Case of Software Quality

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 03:16:53 GMT

Keyvan writes about the current "principles and qualiy vs common-sense and do the quickest possible solution" and tries to understand why developers tend to prefer the "quick and dirty" vs the "clean and polished" solution.

What I want With the Web

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:57:52 GMT

Things (very very) important on the web other than AJAX and Web 2.0

The devil is in the details (Visual Studio Team System test policy)

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:44:03 GMT

What if you have a Team Project with 2 solutions in 1 team project it? How can I enforce the check-in policy to run tests from solution A only when something in solution A is checked in, tests from solution B with solution B changes, ...

An Insurgence of Quality: The Trials of Making High-Quality Software

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:16:00 GMT

* Programmers are craftsmen. As craftsmen, they work to a quality line, NOT a deadline. * Software is not industrial. It is not a product that has a direct correlation between quantity and value. * Because it is both a craft and a replicatable product, software has both elements of pre-industrial (ie craftsmanship) and post-industrial products. * Programmers do not respect authority, only ability. * There is programmer calculus: "We have two different opinions. You have one vote. I, being smarter and more well-informed, have two votes." * Programmers are quick to adapt when it makes sense.

Detailed code metrics with NDepend

Fri, 30 May 2008 16:01:12 GMT

A while ago, I blogged about code performance analysis in Visual Studio 2008. Using profiling and hot path tracking, I measured code performance and was able to react to that. Last week, Patrick Smacchia contacted me asking if I wanted to test his project NDepend. He promised me NDepend would provide more insight in my applications. Let's test that!

New Team Foundation Server projects on CodePlex!

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:46:03 GMT

There's always time to browse CodePlex! It is actually a good thing to do that from time to time. In the past few days, I spotted two great new projects on Team Foundation Server. Thumbs up for their authors!

NStatic

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:01:01 GMT

NStatic seems to be a really promising code analysis tool that goes way deeper than other tools like FxCop or ReSharper.

6 Software Tips For Hardware Makers

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 18:16:01 GMT

Scott Rosenberg's recent book, Dreaming In Code suggests that software development dysfunctional. If software written by software companies is so bad, then what about software written by hardware companies? This post provides six simple tips for hardware developers to get back on track and win over customers. It doesn't have to be this bad.