Some Assembly Required - Using Doc Comments as Agent Instructions Software Programming .NET Anybody who has assembled IKEA furniture knows the story: a wordless booklet, a bag of cam locks, a stamped-metal hex key, and a cartoon person who seems inexplicably delighted about their situation. The booklet is genuinely good at the thing it’s for, which is telling you that dowel A goes in hole B.
Testing Software at the Right Focal Length Software When it comes to discussing what types of tests should be in place for a software project to ensure bugs are not shipped to production, communication often breaks down when weighing the alternatives of the different types of automated tests. Everyone agrees that tests are good and that we should have them, but nobody agrees on what exactly “unit test” means versus “integration test,” which tests should use mocked dependencies, and which should talk to real databases, external APIs, etc.
Build Software Like a Sitcom Writers Room Software TV Personal In 2007, the Writers Guild of America went on strike for 99 days, from November 5, 2007 to February 12th, 2008. The strike had the effect of interrupting the production of TV series midway through their seasons. The writers were on strike over their lack of residuals from DVD sales, but actors and crews (being represented by separate unions) were not. Many shows were required by contract to continue filming any already-scripted episodes, but without input from the striking writers.
