Editorial Note: I originally wrote this post for the NDepend blog. You can check out the original here, at their site. While you’re there, download NDepend and see if your code falls into the infamous Zone of Pain. Years ago, when I first downloaded a trial of NDepend, I chuckled when I saw the “Abstractness…
Editorial Note: I originally wrote this post for the NDepend blog. You can check out the original here, at their site. While you’re there, take a look around at NDepend and explore its new tech debt measurement features. People frequently ask me questions about code quality. People also frequently ask me questions about efficiency and productivity….
Editorial Note: I originally wrote this post for the SubMain blog. You can check out the original here, at their site. While you’re there, take a look at GhostDoc. In addition to comment generation capabilities, you can also effortlessly produce help documentation. Today, I’d like to tackle a subject that inspires ambivalence in me. Specifically, I…
Given the recent launch of Developer Hegemony, I decided to address a reader question. This question hits near and dear to my heart and to the subject matter of the book. I’m going to paraphrase for the sake of anonymity. But, either way, it amounts to a question about how to start consulting. But First,…
Editorial Note: I originally wrote this post for the NDepend blog. You can check out the original here, at their site. While you’re there, download NDepend and give it a try. If you’re familiar with NDepend, you’re probably familiar with the Visual Studio plugin, the out of the box metrics, the excellent visualization tools, and…
