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Productivity
Predictions for 2011
Last year I made 14 predictions on what I thought might transpire in the world of technology in 2010. http://weblogs.asp.net/jsemeniuk/archive/2010/01/07/predictions-for-2010.aspx So, what do I think is in store for us in 2011? Here is goes… 1. The Kanban Influence: Last year I predicted that Lean Software Engineering will become a first class citizen. I was wrong; however, some Lean principles have been emerging in the form of Kanban. David Anderson is absolutely pioneering this wave, and I believe that the influence of Kanban will make its way deeper into the world of agile software development this year. More and ...December 31, 2010 -
Productivity
Managing Debt
Do you ever find yourself too busy “fighting fires” to do things “the right way”? Do you know that there are better ways of managing your project, but you find that you just need to get things done and can’t be bothered to fix underlying problems because it may slow you down? Ever find yourself wondering if you will ever have time to go back to a feature you released a year ago to make it better and move valuable to your users? If so, you may be in debt. No, I’m not talking about your personal financial situation. I’m ...December 29, 2010 -
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Happy Holidays from Telerik around the world
It has been a great 2010 here at Telerik and we hope you're enjoying the holiday season and getting ready for a new year. Watch our greetings from around the world gathered in this Happy Holidays video! May 2011 bring prosperity, love, happiness and delight in your life....December 28, 2010 -
Web
Creating CRUD application with RadDomainDataSource for Silverlight
I will extend my colleague’s blog post series regarding RadDomainDataSource control with an example how to create simple CRUD (Create, Read, Update and Delete) application. For more information how to load data initially you can take a look at this blog post. Along with RadDomainDataSource control Telerik provides codeless solution for CRUD operations powered by WCF RIA Services. The solution is a combination between RadGridView and RadDomainDataSource. First let’s create a default Silverlight project as following: Next step is to create ADO.NET Entity data model called Northwind.edmx. For the sake of the example I’ll create this entity model with a Northwnd.mdf...December 28, 2010 -
Productivity Testing
Mocking Exceptions and Events with JustMock Free Edition
[Cross Posted from http://www.skimedic.com/blog] Mocking Exceptions When writing unit tests, it is important to cover not only the successful execution path (commonly referred to as the “Happy” path), but also test the code that gets executed when things don’t go right (commonly referred to as the “Unhappy” path). Testing for situations where services or databases are unavailable as well as erroneous user input are important aspects of ensuring quality in software. Remember, if you don’t test it, your users will! We modify the LoginUser method to throw a custom exception when there is an exception is thrown from the LoginService. To test this,...December 28, 2010
by Phil Japikse
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Web
Loading data with RadDomainDataSource for Silverlight
will continue the series of blog posts about RadDomainDataSource with the most important one – the one about loading data. If you are not familiar with RadDomainDataSource then you should go back and read my introductory blog post. Let us move straight to the data load lifecycle. Triggering a Load A load operation can be triggered in two ways. You can either call the Load method explicitly or you can rely on the AutoLoad functionality, which I will explain later in this post. Building The Query After a load has been requested a query based on user input is constructed on the client. This query tells the...December 27, 2010 -
Productivity Testing
Automated Testing Tools News: Knowledgebase is now live!
I am very pleased to announce the introduction of the new WebUI Test Studio Support Knowledgebase. Our support engineer's have been hard at work adding valuable content. Some of the new article topics include: Troubleshooting Misaligned Element Highlighting Creating a Scheduling Server Manually Activating your WebUI Test Studio License Repeating Actions for Multiple Users with Login (using the Test As Step feature) Many more to come! We encourage you to bookmark this site and check back often - it will be a great resource for all things WebUI!December 27, 2010 -
Productivity Testing
Sequential and Recursive Mocking with JustMock Free Edition
[Cross Posted from http://www.skimedic.com/blog] Sequential Mocking One of the trickiest types of code to mock out for testing is recursive methods. In a typical recursion, the same method is called multiple times, and each time there are typically different parameters passed in, and different return values. To easily handle this, JustMock gives you two options: Adding InSequence() to each arrange Chaining Returns() calls together. To illustrate the first option, look at the following test: [Test] public void Show_Sequential_InSequence_Arrange_Option() { var service = Mock.Create<IService>(); Mock.Arrange(() => service.GetSum(Arg.AnyInt, Arg.AnyInt)) .Returns(4).InSequence(); Mock.Arrange(()...December 25, 2010
by Phil Japikse
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Release
Introducing RadDomainDataSource for Silverlight
am happy to announce that we have added a new data control to our Silverlight portfolio with one of our latest internal builds. The control will have its official premiere with the upcoming 2010 Q3 Service Pack 1, which is expected in early January. With the release of this service pack you will get access to all of RadDomainDataSource online examples. Since the first version of RadDomainDataSource is now 100% feature complete and has already passed QA, we have decided that we might as well share it with you as a small Christmas present. RadDomainDataSource is a Silverlight control that provides the missing...December 24, 2010 -
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The .NET Ninja Coming to Town for the Holidays
This year we at Telerik wanted to come up with a special way to spread the holiday spirit and send our best wishes to our customers. We just couldn’t think of a better way to wish you joyful holidays than to do it through our favorite .NET Ninja, but this time – his holiday edition. Check out this cool holiday card, customize the Holiday Ninja, write what you want to get for the holidays and share it with your friends on Facebook and Twitter! We hope you get what you wanted this year! Happy Holidays from Telerik!...December 22, 2010