JohnAskew

• Parallel Tasks – new Visual Studio 2010 debugger window

  Jun 15, 2009 at 8:24 PM

  I believe the Task view will be my favorite perspective in the Debugger. 

• 10-4 Episode 18: Functional UI Testing

  May 06, 2009 at 8:59 AM

  It's nice to see VS mature so well. Now if I could figure out how to acquire this version through my Micro-ISV Empower program...

• The Channel 9 beta has been updated...

  May 15, 2008 at 10:23 PM

  Another votes for quotes:
  Shadenfrueda for hasty posts must persist. Punish the foolhardy. We be Kangs!

  My favorite color is orange corduroy... I like the background but push it to the floor, no button color background washout, please. Orange rules.

  Whatever happened to the idea of having Visio capability so we can draw flowcharts and UML diagrams in Techoff?
  
  
  Why is milk so expensive?

• VS2008 designed for Vista with better aesthetics and usability

  Jan 31, 2008 at 8:07 PM

  Daniel Moth wrote:

  Hi Nestor
  
  This works fine for me so maybe it is a specific firewall/machine config issue.
  
  In the meantime have you tried the Download option (10MB ZIP)?
  Try that instead please (click on the 'here' word in the Download video section above)...
  
  Cheers
  Daniel (on holiday)

  
  
  
  Darn my luck, Daniel, but I cannot get this download whatsoever today!
  
  Did it roll off the edge of a HDD when new content was added?
  
  Cheers.

• Office Task Panes and Actions Pane in VS2008

  Jan 30, 2008 at 1:46 PM

  This .wmv has no sound upon download and play; I've tried re-downloading several time to verify. I am also unable to play directly from this page/post and have only successfully accessed it via this link:
  
  All things Daniel Moth...
  
  This bug also applies to these excellent screencasts!
  
  Office Ribbon Customisation in Visual Studio 2008 
  File Dialog Additions in v2.0 SP1
  LINQ to DataSet
  Office Task Panes and Actions Pane in VS2008  
  
  Only this one has downloaded intact, in my experience:
  
  Outlook Form Regions in Visual Studio 2008
  
  Very good work, I'm hooked to your blog now.
  
  Thank you, D. Moth.

• So long, Adam Kinney...

  Sep 16, 2007 at 2:06 PM

  I demand regular cartoon editorials from Sir Adam even whilst said artist/author is under the command of Doctors researching UFOs (aka 'Silverlight').
  
  
  Take a parachute and watch for sneath attacks. Don't ever get coffee for Tim. Cross-dressing may keep him at bay. Enough of my sage advice.
  
  Enjoy yourself and imagine your new chains are rewarding.
  
  Keep a 9-guy on your desk.

• Greg Leake: Stocktrader - Overview

  Aug 31, 2007 at 11:04 AM

  Yep, another excellent loosely-coupled interview.
  Cudos, Chuckles.

• How does your software make your customers feel - Lou Carbone - Experience Engineering

  Aug 10, 2007 at 3:58 PM

  Emotional attachment is the key!
  
  Feeling is actually a rational function, the complementary opposite of Thinking. That is the reason we return to our favorite product, we feel good and identify with it.
  
  Sensation of a product exceeding expectations is what is irrational, and what is most important. It cannot be readily predicted, so we illicit feedback from testers about their emotional experience using the software (yet more irrationality). Rinse, repeat. 
  
  Add this to my permanent memory, I will.
  
  Thank you, Lou Carbone.
  
  You are very clear.
  
  
  

• S. Somasegar (Soma) and Scott Guthrie on Orcas Beta 2: What's in it?

  Jul 27, 2007 at 7:41 PM

  "Feature Complete".
  
  "Feature Set" must be the lowest common denominator both coders, analysts, and users share. Software design jargon:
  
  Test Driven Development, Feature Sets, (Goals), Tasks.
  
  Rocky Lhotka spoke about TDD and the Software Factories published by Patterns & Practices, saying that tests generated for factory-generated code were superfluous.
  
  No assertion like this could be made without first knowing the publishers themselves insure quality through TDD, imho.
  
  I would like to see more evangelism for TDD and the focus upon Feature Set and customer interactivity.
  
  We need guidance to model from your success.
  
  Danke.

• ARCast.TV - Test Driven Development Primer with Peter Provost

  Jul 25, 2007 at 6:17 PM

  1. Ask "how do I know if this bit of code does the right thing?".
  2. Write the answers as questions.
  3. Code these questions as assertions of state and surrounding state in unit tests.
     
     

  Thanks for the primer, Peter and Ron.

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