LINKBLOG for April 17, 2008

• *** "All I need is a Programmer" - Ethan Vizitei
  This once again show how completely misunderstood software development is by the rest of the world; at their misfortune
  Thanks Reg!


• Zend Studio + Teamprise = PHP development with Team Foundation Server - Maarten Balliauw
  ' Let's rephrase that: it is perfectly possible to use Team Foundation Server in a mixed Microsoft / PHP development team as your main store ' Cool how the strict separation between PHP and .NET development gets smaller all the time...


• How to have a Single Config File for multiple developers - Derik Whittaker
  Of course we should go with option 3 all the time, yet quick hacks can look so appealing; thinking we will still remember to restore things once the project goes live


• Visual Studio Themes - NotImplementedException
  Not new, but I suddenly needed a way to restore my original Visual Studio theme. Here you can find one. And if you don't want to search the intarnets for one then backup your Currentsettings.vssettings file first...


• Good Tools and ReSharper 4 EAP Thoughts - Jacob Lewallen
  


• Making Sense of Architecture Standards - Mike Walker
  


• How to debug Windows Service startup - .NET Tip of The Day
  


• Source control is not a feature you can postpone to vNext - Oren Eini
  Oren has a compelling case which describes the importance of building source control into a product from the first moment


• eXtreme Programming Is Not Agile! - Kelly Waters
  The title should probably be reversed, but a good point is made. Don't forget the following piece of advice, we currently try this approach here
  ' People using 'home-made' forms of iterative, incremental, collaborative development are doing agile '


• Profiling a legacy app - Jimmy Bogard
  This really strikes a chord as to the situation we're in these days


• The Q Branch Process - Mitch Denny
  Mitch started developing a small set of tools around TFS, and is getting more traction


• ASP.NET MVC Framework - new build available - source includes unit tests - Jeffrey Palermo
  Jeffrey has the details


• Real People Don't Have Time for Social Media - Sarah Perez
  ' How Much Time Do You Spend on Social Media? '
  My guess is social can turn into the bad form of procrastination (also see below) if we don't think about every social site we encounter (e.g. I don't do any Facebook, Friend-whatever, MySpace, Twitter etc)


• Searching for derived types in an assembly - Yoav Sion
  


• Data at the root level is invalid - Mads Kristensen
  small tip when you get invalid characters at the start of a retrieved XML document


• FrazzledDad: Dropping Testing is Not a (Viable) Option - Jim Holmes
  ' Cutting scope is a reasonable way to hit your deadlines. Cutting testing is not '
  And our only problem is how to convince the business of this fact


• Procrastination Can Be Your Ally - Celine Roque
  So, procrastination actually a good thing. Hmm, let me just spend half an hour slowly pondering the point of this message instead of doing the dishes...


• Introducing Stackoverflow.com - Jeff Atwood


• stackoverflow.com - Joel Spolsky
  Jeff and Joel start something new, need your help in the process and launch a weekly podcast to discuss progress... the open development process they choose makes this an interesting evolving adventure to follow (and participate)


• What is ALM? Traceability - Eric Sink
  Not a dull product description, but a real life case why ALM tools - of which the Team System suite is one, by the way - are indispensable in software development today. Free detective story included