Editorial Notes: I originally wrote this post for the Infragistics blog. You can check out the original here, at their site. While you’re there, take a look around at the other posts by their contributing authors. If you were to take a poll of software development shops and ask whether or not they unit tested,…
Tonight marked the vice-presidential debate and the start of the baseball playoffs. With two spectator sports on television, I thought I’d draw some inspiration and answer a reader question about office politics. This question came to me from a reader whose problem tracks back (in my opinion) to need for a better job title. And it…
Editorial Note: I originally wrote this post for the NDepend blog. You can check out the original here, at their site. If you like posts about static analysis, code quality, and the like, check out the rest of the blog. When I’m called in to do a strategic assessment of a codebase, it’s never the…
Editorial Note: I originally wrote this post for the SmartBear blog. You can check out the original here, at their site. While you’re there, have a look around and check out Collaborator, the code review tool. Let’s say that you wanted a definitive explanation, once and for all, as to what constitutes code quality. You…
I’m pretty sure that I’m going to get myself in trouble with this one. Before I get started and the gnashing of teeth and stamping of feet commence, let me offer an introductory disclaimer here. What I am about to say offers no commentary on people with the title, “software architect” (a title that I’ve…
