LINKBLOG for May 11, 2008

• Throw out your Automated Tests - Adam Goucher
  ' (...) test automation needs to be reclassified as a technique which aides in the exploratory testing of an application at a technological level '


• Twitter this, Twitter that... - Rick Strahl
  I get strangely attracted to Twitter related stuff this week...
  via Alvin Ashcraft


• #6 - delete vs destroy in TFS - Pieter Gheysens
  TFS handles delete actions different than you might think


• Exception Handling - Do's and Dont's - Misbah Arefin
  


• NullObject.For<T> - As simple as it gets, but no simpler - Roy Osherove
  


• Slightly Different Way To Assert That Exceptions Are Thrown - Jean-Paul S. Boodhoo
  Heavy exception wizardry


• We've Turned XML Into A Crappy Programming Language - Matt Blodgett
  And this is wrong: XML is *not* a programming language but a means to display (be it maybe in a clever) data, IMHO


• 11 Biz Dev 1.0 Tips - Bernard Lunn
  


• Why Filtering is the Next Step for Social Media - Corvida
  Social media tools don't interact, that's why filters are needed to regain control over them (if we want to keep using them that is)


• Cage Match: Gantt Charts vs. Burndowns - Ben Scheirman
  Ben just explained my problem with Gantt charts: they are waterfall and therefor can never fit in agile / incremental software development


• Writing A Custom File Download Action Result For ASP.NET MVC - Phil Haack
  


• 100 Simple Ways to Change Your Life for the Better - Travis Wright
  


• TypeConverters: There's not enough TypeDescripter.GetConverter in the world - Scott Hanselman
  Do away with all that switch/if/else stuff and use the built-in Converters, or make your own TypeConverter. Nice tip to improve readability of your code


• Ever wondered what a diagram of the TFS 2008 Team Build Process would look like? Wonder no more... - Greg Duncan
  Cool, this will go to the color printer


• Computers are dumb - Eric Lippert
  


• Set up a Windows SSH tunnel in 10 minutes or less - Ytechie
  Pretty handy and quick way to get complete access to a remote machine over a single port


• Unlearn - Rod Paddock
  ' I have become convinced that we are entering a new dawn of software development and we must take time to unlearn that which we know '


• Why use WPF if it is not RAD yet? - Josh Smith
  ' Why are people leaving RAD for MAD (manual application development) '
  thanks Christopher Steen


• Two New Features to www.RefactorCode.com - Azam Sharp