August 2007 - Posts

• Major CodeKeep Upgrade Complete

  I spent all day today finally finishing a major overhaul to the CodeKeep web site and add-in. You can read about all the details here . Read More... Posted Aug 26 2007, 11:37 PM by Dave Donaldson's Blog

• Decreasing Developer Ramp Up Time

  At some point, every new software project must bring on additional developers in order to complete the amount of work being undertaken. The question that management always asks is, "How soon will they be productive?". Everyone (usually) understands... Posted Aug 19 2007, 04:07 PM by Dave Donaldson's Blog

• Be Descriptive When Naming Unit Tests

  I don't know about you, but it drives me a bit crazy when I find a unit test whose name doesn't tell me what it's testing. I'm sure you've seen what I'm talking about: - DoSomethingTest1() - DoSomethingTest2() Those names don't... Posted Aug 04 2007, 04:02 PM by Dave Donaldson's Blog

• Code Coverage Only Matters If Your Tests Are Valid And Passing

  Code coverage is an extremely worthwhile metric, but sometimes people make the mistake thinking that code coverage is the only thing worth keeping an eye on. Don't fall into that trap. Code coverage is only accurate if *both* of the following things... Posted Aug 04 2007, 03:28 PM by Dave Donaldson's Blog

• Configure Sandcastle To Use Your XML Comment Files

  As you may know, Sandcastle is Microsoft's answer to the death of NDoc . One of the architects for my current client put together a PowerShell script that uses Sandcastle to generate MSDN-style documentation for all of our project's .NET assemblies... Posted Aug 01 2007, 04:14 PM by Dave Donaldson's Blog