In this episode we are going to start learning how to use an isolation framework (Rhino Mocks) to help create simpler and more reliable unit tests. We will start off our learning experience by learning the basics. We will be taking a look at how to setup stubs/fakes in order …
The Java platform is changing. No longer can a developer get by just knowing Java. There’s JRuby providing Ruby and Rails. There’s Groovy with Grails and other frameworks. Jython for Django. Scala with Lift. Rhino for JavaScript and frameworks like Phobos. And all of them provide not only access to …
Yes, the design language stipulated in Domain-Driven Design (DDD) has many more elements than just Entities and Repositories. But that’s just the automatic answer. In this presentation we will dive out and discuss DDD from some other angles as well and not just the basic building blocks. We will discuss …
Scrum is fail-fast and self-organizing, a combination that makes for bad project starts. Both the team and management struggle to understand this new paradigm that does not readily fit their current set up. The Therapy: Get off to a good start by directing the team with a careful set of …
Jim Rea demonstrates Track Magic, a plugin for Panorama that allows Rails developers to interact directly with Rails databases on the desktop without a browser. http://sdruby.com/podcast/62
A benefit of the MVC architectural style is that it promotes a clean separation of concerns between the models, views and controllers within an application. Come learn what MVC is and why you’d want to use it with ASP.NET. We’ll build a web application from scratch and explore the differences …