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Testing quality gates

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Fail Fast Aspiration We achieve a level of automation that would give enough confidence to allow the majority of builds to automatically deploy (via the release pipeline) directly into production. Quality Gate 1: Developer Unit Tests All directly executable behaviour should be fully covered by unit tests, e.g. controller actions public methods shared functions extension methods etc. Unit tests should… Read more →

Developer Productivity

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SPACE Satisfaction (and well being) These qualities are often best captured with surveys. To assess the satisfaction dimension, you might measure the following: Employee satisfaction. The degree of satisfaction among employees, and whether they would recommend their team to others. Developer efficacy. Whether developers have the tools and resources they need to get their work done. Burnout. Exhaustion caused by… Read more →

Access app.config from a texttemplate

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<#@ template debug=”false” hostspecific=”true” language=”C#” #> <#@ assembly name=”System.Core” #> <#@ assembly name=”System.Configuration” #> <#@ import namespace=”System.Linq” #> <#@ import namespace=”System.Text” #> <#@ import namespace=”System.Collections.Generic” #> <#@ import namespace=”System.Configuration” #> <#@ output extension=”.tt.cs” #> <# var projectPath = Host.ResolveAssemblyReference(“$(ProjectDir)”); var configFile = projectPath + “App.config”; var map = new ExeConfigurationFileMap() { ExeConfigFilename = configFile }; Configuration config = ConfigurationManager.OpenMappedExeConfiguration(map, ConfigurationUserLevel.None);… Read more →

My take on the Daily Stand-Up

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Details Meeting to last no longer than 15 minutes Schedule as early as possible each day to work for both on- and off- shore team members What we do Summarise what you’ve done since the last meeting. Summarise what you will you do before the next meeting. Summarise what is getting in your way or keeping you from doing your… Read more →