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[11 Mar 2010 | 5 Comments]

It’s not long after swallowing the unit testing pill that your appreciation for the colour green starts to increase. It soon reaches the point where you want a pretty little green light for every method. However, when you set out to test as much as you can you quickly run into some awkward issues. ... [More]

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[5 Mar 2010 | 0 Comments]

It was Aristotle who said "All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind", but what is it about paid jobs that make this the case? To find the answer let’s consider the differences between paid and unpaid jobs. One summer I got a 5 day job working at what could only be described as an ex-bo... [More]

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Parallel.For and Silver Bullets (2)
Martin Rue wrote: @f0dder Good advice. Atomicity is more efficiently… [More]
Parallel.For and Silver Bullets (2)
f0dder wrote: Instead of doing full locking, use the Interlocked… [More]
The "if it isn't broken, don't fix it" Mentality (14)
Ricardo Santos wrote: Somehow disagree. The systems you where using as a… [More]
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Sean Stapleton wrote: Very nice post Martin, Thank you. I'm looking forw… [More]
Was Dave a Genius? (5)
Martin Rue wrote: Robin, Absolutely - it's becoming more and more… [More]
Was Dave a Genius? (5)
Robin Osborne wrote: Oooh - I've met/ known/ even been "Dave"… [More]
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Martin Rue wrote: Jason, Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't want anyo… [More]
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Martin Rue wrote: raveman, We're kind of getting away from the po… [More]
The "if it isn't broken, don't fix it" Mentality (14)
Jason wrote: While I don't have much problem with most of the s… [More]
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raveman wrote: its impossible to unit test big system that has no… [More]