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2013 2

  1. Extend MSTest : TestCaseSource aka runtime inputs for test cases
  2. Sweeping the IDisposable minefield

2012 4

  1. Book Review: Writing Solid Code by Steve Maguire
  2. Lean Startup Book Review
  3. VS2010 and Resharper 5.1 cheatsheet
  4. GUI Testing rehab : Can we start saying NO?

2011 9

  1. NUnit vs MSTest - 2011 Edition
  2. PSR : Free Windows Screen Recording tool
  3. Review : Parasoft DotTest Static Code Analysis
  4. String Calculator Kata : My first screencast trilogy
  5. The A Team
  6. Towards better acceptance test automation...
  7. Automated tests != Free Lunch
  8. Enterprise Library Logging vs Log4Net for a rolling file log : jumpstart and a showdown!
  9. Flash Cards Kata and the transformation priority premise

2010 17

  1. The way of the unusual architect - Dan North
  2. Beacons - a VS 2010 Extension for TDD
  3. ScenarioLibrary, LibraryTables with Slim Scenarios : Avoid fixture method explosion !
  4. What do I use for acceptance tests (ATDD) : NUnit vs Fitnesse ?
  5. How to get Thoughtworks' White to LogStructure
  6. An effective test strategy to grow applications
  7. Review : Growing Object Oriented Software - Guided by Tests: Freeman, Pryce
  8. Contract Tests with Slim/Fitnesse : Running a test suite against multiple implementations of an interface
  9. Implementing case-insensitive lookup tables (Dictionary) with string keys
  10. WPF - Find a child control of a specific type or satisfying a given predicate under a parent control
  11. Set keyboard focus when the user begins editing a wpf datagrid templatecolumn ?
  12. Humanized's Enso Launcher : Jumpstart
  13. HOW TO : Setup your Xtreamer to stream content off Windows (Win7) machines via a wifi network
  14. NUnit ExpectedException Bug in 2.4.7
  15. Method resolution in Ruby : OR how to find Mr. Right method?
  16. Meet the frameworks : Rhino v Moq v jMock : Part II
  17. Meet the frameworks : Rhino Mocks v Moq v jMock : Part 1

2009 17

  1. My TDD Workshop
  2. Testing .Net code with Cucumber and IronRuby
  3. Scenario Outlines and Tagging in Cucumber
  4. Green in 30 mins : Getting Started with Cucumber (a test framework for BDD)
  5. How to talk to a C# / ASP.Net web service via Ruby / Rails
  6. How to show a Tree (TreeView) in a Rails view?
  7. Illustrated How to do a simple C++ DLL project in Visual Studio ?
  8. How to compile ruby from source on Windows?
  9. How to create a global (system) windows hook ?
  10. Ruby is slow... until you learn to write good code.
  11. MergeSort in Ruby
  12. Dynamic evaluation of an expression
  13. Test driving an infix to postfix expression converter (2 of 3)
  14. Test driving an infix to postfix expression converter (1 of 2)
  15. Agile gone wild (due apologies to Skid Row)
  16. NUnit RowTest Extension : Running the same test with different inputs
  17. Non-obvious XPath: Getting elements that do not have a particular attribute or child element

2008 35

  1. Getting NUnit to go all STA
  2. Graphs in Ruby On Rails
  3. Optional parameters in Ruby
  4. ShowMeTheMoney-16 Let's play tag the expense with a category
  5. IDE-Ninja Shortcuts with VS2008 and CodeRush Express
  6. My solution for UncleBob's Mark IV CoffeeMaker - Retrospective
  7. My solution for UncleBob's Mark IV CoffeeMaker - 4
  8. My solution for UncleBob's Mark IV CoffeeMaker - 3
  9. My solution for UncleBob's Mark IV CoffeeMaker - 2
  10. My solution for UncleBob's Mark IV CoffeeMaker
  11. Object Thinking
  12. Who moved my metaphor?
  13. Lookout! - Blazingly fast search for Outlook
  14. One password to rule them all...
  15. Google spreadsheets + the new Form = Instant Online Poll
  16. Tabbed console windows in Windows at your command... ala Linux's Konsole
  17. ShowMeTheMoney-17 - I will paginate.. with some help
  18. ShowMeTheMoney-16 - Tallying up the expenses
  19. ShowMeTheMoney-15 - Aptana + Radrails.. Hell Yeah!!!
  20. ShowMeTheMoney-14 - The Source Code so far..
  21. ShowMeTheMoney-13 - More of the same
  22. ShowMeTheMoney-12 - Iteration#2 Planning
  23. ShowMeTheMoney-11 - Iteration#1 Review
  24. ShowMeTheMoney-10 - Take it for a spin
  25. ShowMeTheMoney-9 - What a Row...Fixture
  26. How to get a locale specific date time value in C++
  27. Show Me The Money-8.2 - Round 2 with fitnesse
  28. Show Me The Money-8.1 - Finishing up validation
  29. Show Me The Money-7 - At a Canter
  30. Show Me The Money-6 - On Rails.. Toot! Toot!!
  31. Show Me The Money-5 - Feeling lucky today??
  32. Show Me The Money-4 - Light at the end of the AccTest Tunnel
  33. Show Me The Money - 3 - Fitnesse + Fit + Ruby oh my!
  34. Show Me The Money - 2
  35. Show Me The Money - 1

2007 10

  1. My lil Subversion Jumpstart tutorial
  2. Getting FIT with Fitnesse: Getting Started
  3. Agile Estimating and Planning - Mike Cohn
  4. Compare (and merge?) excel files with Beyond Compare
  5. Zipping up a set of files listed in a .txt file
  6. Uninstalling Vista
  7. "Required Resource is not available" Oh the agony !!!
  8. Test driving Conway's Game of Life in Ruby : Part 2 of 2
  9. Test driving Conway's Game of Life in Ruby : Part I
  10. Test Driving a GUI [WinForms application]

2006 10

  1. Eclipse 3.2 vs Netbeans 5.5
  2. ASP.NET 2.0 membership provider not working with SQL 2005
  3. Die! Die! Excel, you Fiend !
  4. Integrating NCover code coverage with your CCNet CIS
  5. How to make your .NET application disappear from the Task Switch (Alt + Tab) list
  6. Task: Write an automated test for a detected deadlock
  7. Validate a string for being a Valid IP Address using .NET/C# code
  8. XSL: Special Characters being rendered for whitespace after Transformation is applied in .NET
  9. XSL: Applying Transformation to a Single Node / SubTree in .NET 1.1
  10. Code Coverage with NCover from Nunit runs

2005 26

  1. A seemingly futile discussion on considering XP
  2. Non-obvious XPath: Getting an element by specifying it's value
  3. Simpleton pondering over Singletons
  4. XML Comments bug in VS .NET 2003
  5. Great Code: Microsoft gets TDD guidelines wrong.
  6. Angst of an Automated Build Enthusiast leads to GetBOB
  7. Playing with Mock Objects
  8. Try F.E.A.R.
  9. Neat Tip: Shortcut Keys VS.NET IDE
  10. Resolving assembly references in a .NET solution
  11. Ruby Sparkle: How to swap two numbers
  12. Post Build events and NAnt build failures
  13. Finally my Pickaxe is here !!
  14. Next frontier in User Interfaces with Win Vista
  15. Essential .NET (Don Box + Chris Sells)
  16. Building your own Continuous Integration Server
  17. Machine Name : BABYBOX
  18. Essential Interception using Contexts in .NET
  19. Enabling AutoComplete at Win2K Command Prompt
  20. My first non-frivolous program in Ruby !!!
  21. Extreme Programming Adventures in C#
  22. My conversations with gullible machines...
  23. Smotchkkiss blinded by Ruby Sparkle
  24. My Links List
  25. GNU/Linux on a CD
  26. The Imperial March