Agile practitioners conference 5Whys challenge

If you’ve been following my on Twitter (or read this blog) you might know I’m part of the organizing committee of the upcoming Agile Practitioners conference.In the last couple of weeks we’ve asked each speaker to answer five simple questions (a.k.a 5Whys) and got some interesting results:Angel Medinilla's answersSession: Unicorns, Krakens, Self Organizing teams and other mythological … Continue reading Agile practitioners conference 5Whys challenge →

4 programming books available online – for free

Software development books don’t come cheap and it’s fine. The author has spent countless hours and sleepless nights transferring his/her knowledge and should be compensated for it.But some authors have decided to provide an online version of their book and in some cases even a free e-book you can download.I found the book in the … Continue reading 4 programming books available online – for free →

Strongly typed localized strings in universal apps

Back in the old days when the need for localized string arose, I would add a new string and use AppResources to access the correct string in code.In Windows Phone application (known today as Windows Phone Silverlight 8.0/8.1) I would do something like this:public void SomeMethod(){ var localizedString1 = AppResources.MyFirstSring; var localizedString2 = AppResources.AnotherString;}In the … Continue reading Strongly typed localized strings in universal apps →

Syntax error when using explicitly defaulted/deleted functions in windows phone 8 project (C++11)

A few days ago a colleague of mine asked me to help with strange errors his C++ project kept throwing at him.Since it was a C++ project we had more than 200 compilation errors but as the  C++ veterans that we are we’ve ignored most of them and scrolled up until we’ve found the patient … Continue reading Syntax error when using explicitly defaulted/deleted functions in windows phone 8 project (C++11) →

Unit testing – you’re measuring it wrong

I’ve been having this problem ever since I’ve started teaching (and preaching) about SCRUM, clean code, unit testing and TDD and any other software development practice.When implementing a change - how do you measure its success?For that matter – how can you measure a developer productivity?    by Our HeroA few years ago I worked … Continue reading Unit testing – you’re measuring it wrong →