Also posted at http://meta.programmers.stackexchange.com/a/2822/226. Gary Bernhardt took the stage to talk about the evolution of programming languages and technologies. He talked about the fact that languages and technologies evolve in waves: first there’s a wave of expansion where a new language comes along and increases the number of things we can do, and it is followed [...]
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SCNA 2011 Part 3: Gary Bernhardt, “Expansion and Contraction”
Posted by Anna Lear on January 10, 2012
http://annalear.ca/2012/01/10/scna-2011-part-3-gary-bernhardt-expansion-and-contraction/
SCNA 2011 Part 2: Michael Feathers, “The Readability Gulf”
Also posted at http://meta.programmers.stackexchange.com/a/2738/226. The second session of the first day was by Michael Feathers giving a demo of using functional approaches to different problems. I took two main lessons out of it: 1. “Clever code” is relative. 2. Functional programming can help establish a common base of understanding that doesn’t vary from one problem domain [...]
Posted by Anna Lear on December 27, 2011
http://annalear.ca/2011/12/27/scna-2011-part-2-michael-feathers-the-readability-gulf/
SCNA 2011 Part 1: Opening Keynote
Also posted at http://meta.programmers.stackexchange.com/a/2672/226 Craftsmanship is not about language or process. It’s about community and quality. SCNA 2011 opened with a keynote by Corey Haines. He talked about the past and the future of software development as a profession, the trends that are emerging in the current economic climate and how that affects us as professional [...]
Posted by Anna Lear on December 9, 2011
http://annalear.ca/2011/12/09/scna-2011-part-1-opening-keynote/
SCNA 2011 Part 0: Introduction
Also posted at http://meta.programmers.stackexchange.com/a/2671/226 Last week I had the opportunity to attend the Software Craftsmanship North America 2011 conference in Chicago, IL. I had a blast and I want to make a series of blog posts about my experiences. Since my attendance was very graciously sponsored by Stack Exchange, I will also try to link stuff [...]
Posted by Anna Lear on November 26, 2011
http://annalear.ca/2011/11/26/scna-2011-part-0-introduction/
Achievement Unlocked: Stack Overflow Moderator
Back in February I decided to increase my Stack Overflow participation. Apparently what that turned into was a greater involvement in the Stack Exchange network in general over the past year and getting elected in the latest community moderator election on Stack Overflow. I’m pretty excited about it. It’s pretty cool to be a moderator [...]
Posted by Anna Lear on November 23, 2011
http://annalear.ca/2011/11/23/achievement-unlocked-stack-overflow-moderator/
(Very Positive) Impressions of RallyON11
I had a great time at RallyON. My partner-in-crime Mark Phillips (@mpmobile) from Project Management Stack Exchange and I did a couple talks about Stack Exchange during the open space part of the conference on day 2. All time outside of that was spent talking to people coming from an incredible range of domains and [...]
Posted by Anna Lear on May 18, 2011
http://annalear.ca/2011/05/18/very-positive-impressions-of-rallyon11/
On to RallyON!
I’ll be heading down to Boulder, CO next week to represent Programmers – Stack Exchange at RallyON 2011. I’m very excited to be able to do this (and meet a few friends face to face for the first time while I’m down there!). Check out this post at Rally’s Coaching Blog that explains how we’re [...]
Posted by Anna Lear on May 5, 2011
http://annalear.ca/2011/05/05/on-to-rallyon/
ASP.NET MVC 3 – NUnit test project template
Piotr Kwapin posted an NUnit-based test project template for MVC 2 back in July and I used it in my ASP.NET MVC 3 project. It turned out that the LogOn method tests are failing due to the Url property on the AccountController being null. So I fixed that. I haven’t followed Piotr’s template installation instructions, [...]
Posted by Anna Lear on February 13, 2011
http://annalear.ca/2011/02/13/asp-net-mvc-3-nunit-test-project-template/
Programmers.SE Moderator
I’m very happy to say that I’ve been elected as one of the three new community moderators on programmers.stackexchange.com. The voter turnout was pretty low, around 11% of the total userbase and 55% of those who visited the elections page, but that’s not entirely unexpected. It’s hard enough to convince people to vote in government [...]
Posted by Anna Lear on February 6, 2011
http://annalear.ca/2011/02/06/programmers-se-moderator/
Awesome: Local Transit on Google Maps for iPhone
I didn’t notice exactly when it happened, but Google Maps has been updated with information about the public transit routes and fares here in town. It’s pretty awesome. Instead of fighting with paper maps or the local transit authority’s own trip finder implementation, I can just pull up Google Maps on my iPhone and plot [...]
Posted by Anna Lear on December 29, 2010
http://annalear.ca/2010/12/29/awesome-local-transit-on-google-maps-for-iphone/
