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Behavior Driven Design Documentation in Software Development

Documentation neglect is a chronic problem in most enterprise application development efforts. This problem is unrelated to the selected development methodology but there are some who assume that agile methods eliminate documentation despite the agile manifesto's declaration that we value "working...

Posted to Tyler Jensen's Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 02-05-2010
Computer Models – Magical Scripture of the Climate Change Disciples

I’ve not used this blog for politics in the past, but I’m going to start making some exceptions where I think there is a technology tie-in. George Will’s piece on the Copenhagen summit was very interesting. I recommend that you read it. I am not a climatologist but I am a skeptic of all science based...

Posted to Tyler Jensen's Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 12-04-2009
Silverlight WCF RIA Services Beta Released

Silverlight WCF RIA Services Beta Released was released recently, replacing the preview bits I’ve been playing with. You can pick up the new beta here . I'm still using VS 2008 SP1, but I am using Windows 7, so I download directly from here . WARNING! If you’re not on Windows 7 or Server 2008 R2...

Posted to Tyler Jensen's Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-22-2009
Reliability Equals Simplicity

I am haunted by the sage wisdom of Sir Charles Anthony Richard Hoare "At first I hoped that such a technically unsound project would collapse but I soon realized it was doomed to success. Almost anything in software can be implemented, sold, and even used given enough determination. There is nothing...

Posted to Tyler Jensen's Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-09-2009
Windows 7 Repave Checklist

In anticipation of repaving my Vista x64 machine with Windows 7 after the MSDN release on August 6 , I’ve prepared my wish list of hardware upgrades I’d like to do at the same time I pave the machine with the new OS. Should the family financial officer (FFO) decline to approve my purchase request, I...

Posted to Tyler Jensen's Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-27-2009
Getting Started with Windows Azure

Here’s the content of the most exciting email I’ve received lately (invite code redacted of course): Thank you for your interest in Windows® Azure™. Your invitation code is xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx. You can now sign up for a Windows Azure account at http://lx.azure.microsoft.com/fs . Please keep...

Posted to Tyler Jensen's Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-21-2009
Will the Enterprise Adopt Silverlight 3 for LOB?

With the release of Silverlight 3 on Friday, I’m wondering whether the enterprise (that mythical stereotype) will adopt Silverlight 3 for line of business (LOB) applications. The official “what’s new” section included the following items that I found very interesting: Improving Rich Internet Application...

Posted to Tyler Jensen's Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-12-2009
Business Process Management with Ultimus and .NET

After a long search for the right business process management platform that would allow us to integrate and extend with .NET, my team selected the Ultimus BPM Suite . The primary factors in the decision were the comprehensive nature of the solution which would allow us to deploy process management without...

Posted to Tyler Jensen's Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 12-11-2008
Automated Translation Not Spammer Friendly

The following spam message (less the links) skipped through my spam filters somehow. If you are not a native speaker of English, this message may appear to be in order if your skill level with the language is limited. Otherwise, I suspect you will find this text as amusing as I did. I have not modified...

Posted to Tyler Jensen's Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 12-07-2008
Apple, I'm a PC and You're a Hypocrite

One of the latest Apple ads makes fun of Microsoft for spending more on marketing than on fixing Vista. Time for all you fruit computer junkies to face some cold hard facts: Let's take our most recent SEC filing quarter for both companies and compare spending on sales, marketing and administration...

Posted to Tyler Jensen's Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-03-2008

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