Lasse's OLD weblogBlurts on Java and Software EngineeringCedric did it first- April 28, 2004 There has been a lot of discussion in the past months about introducing metadata into JUnit. Well, it looks like Cedric did it first with TestNG. My opinion, based on just reading the documentation page, is something along the lines of "cool, but I think I'll wait for the JUnit implementation." With all due respect to Cedric, of course. I just don't find myself using too many "non-standard" tools these days.http://www.jroller.com/lasse/entry/cedric_did_it_first Have you tried Series 60 development- April 25, 2004 You haven't Good. Don't. I recently picked up Developing Series 60 Applications and have been trying to remember what all those weird symbols like "", "&" and "const" meant... The book is great, but the sheer complexity of setting up a "Hello World" project in Visual Studio .NET is giving me thoughts of causing lots of pain to someone even remotely responsible for my suffering (no, I myself don't count as remotely responsible;). Lots of pain. Lots. Pain. Beyond imaginable. On a separate note,...http://www.jroller.com/lasse/entry/have_you_tried_taking_up Why I'll never win in the lottery- April 20, 2004 It struck to me today that I'll never win in the lottery. Why Because someone up there must have something against me. Let me explain... Today, at the office, I felt a need to drop by at the porcelain -- a sudden reaction to the lunch I ate a couple of hours earlier. I stand up, start walking towards the bathrooms, and... Three people walk in right before me, occupying each and every one of the toilets I was waiting so much to encounter myself. And every single one of those just had to go for..http://www.jroller.com/lasse/entry/why_i_ll_never_win The wrong process and the wrong people- April 19, 2004 John Roth in Bill's blog: Projects fail because of some combination of the wrong process and the wrong people. Both can be changed, neither can be changed without having to deal with the consequences.http://www.jroller.com/lasse/entry/the_wrong_process_and_the Talking about impressive- April 16, 2004 Don't try this at home...http://www.jroller.com/lasse/entry/talking_about_impressive We are our worst enemy- April 15, 2004 This is true in many ways, but one of them came to mind just a couple of minutes ago when I read Laurent's latest blog entry where he quotes Ken Orr from an article in the Cutter IT journal: Failures provide a template in the mind of a project manager. If you've lived through a major failure, then when you hear certain phrases or see things that happened previously, you instantly become more alert and start asking more questions. Getting burned is both a good thing and a bad thing. What...http://www.jroller.com/lasse/entry/we_are_our_worst_enemy Nike knows best- April 15, 2004 It just dawned on me that I've recently been remarkably less active in promoting certain things I strongly believe in, such as extreme programming and especially test-driven development. After a bit of thought, I'm actually following a kind of trend here -- many of the big names in the agile circles have been suggesting that leading by example is far more effective in getting results than the traditional evangelization approach and making lot of noise. There's a direct association into how TDD.http://www.jroller.com/lasse/entry/nike_knows_best Farewell Joonas- April 15, 2004 I just came back from a little farewell get together thing for Joonas, a colleague who's about to become an ex-colleague -- or as he says, a recovering consultant... :) It's likely that you'll never read this, Joonas, but it has been a pleasure sharing an employer with you even if we haven't worked back to back too often. Thank you and best wishes for your career move!http://www.jroller.com/lasse/entry/farewell_joonas May I see your university diploma and your blog entries, please- April 13, 2004 For some odd reason, I'm part of the xp-jobs Yahoo! group. Every now and then, someone posts a vacancy in some more or less XP related company. Today, I read this posting (note: may require joining the group) which I quote here: If you are interested in applying, please send the following to emailaddress.com: your resume a short statement on why you'd like to join our company a sample piece of writing, such as an article, blog entry, etc. Isn't it scary how a blog entry can be...http://www.jroller.com/lasse/entry/may_i_see_your_university |