Vote of No Confidence

In this episode Ward Bell (from IdeaBlade) and Jeremy Miller discuss the Vote of No Confidence on Microsoft's Entity Framework and what it means for the Alt.NET and .NET communities.

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Ward and Jeremy discuss the following:

• Why Alt.NET has picked a fight over Microsoft's Entity Framework
• "Perfect is the enemy of the good"
• Does the Entity Framework reduce productivity?
• How can Alt.NET provide resources to help .NET folks learn about alternatives?
  • altnetpedia
  • Summer of NHibernate
• Is there rot inside Microsoft's MVP program?
• What the important attributes of a persistence layer are
• Language-Oriented Programming
  • Domain Specific Languages
  • Fluent Interfaces
  • Hear Jeremy Miller say "poor man's C# 3.0"
  • Does Code Generation need to include a visual editor?

Object-Relational Mapping

In this episode Ward Bell (from IdeaBlade) and Jeremy Miller discuss Object-Relational Mapping and when to use ORM tools.

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Ward and Jeremy discuss the following:

• Object-Relational Mapping
• Object-first vs. Data-first Approaches
• Evolutionary Database Design
• Evolutionary Design
• Code Generation
• Persistence Ignorance
• POCO
• Domain-Driven Design
• The Vietnam of Computer Science

This episode builds up to a discussion on Microsoft's Entity Framework and the Vote of No Confidence in the next episode. Stay tuned...

More Dependency Injection and Inversion of Control

This episode concludes the discussion with Nate Kohari and Brad Wilson on Dependency Injection and Inversion of Control containers.

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Dependency Injection and Inversion of Control

This episode is part one of a two part discussion with Nate Kohari and Brad Wilson on Dependency Injection and Inversion of Control containers.

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Related links:

• Dependency Injection
• Inversion of Control
• Inversion of Control Containers
  • Ninject
  • StructureMap
  • Castle Windsor
  • ObjectBuilder
  • Unity
  • Spring.NET

Agile Kaikaku

In this episode, I conclude my discussion with Owen Rogers on the topic of introducing an Agile Kaikaku, or a radical process change event within an organization. Owen is an Agile coach and has helped many teams adopt Agile practices.

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In this episode Owen discusses the following:

• Lean Thinking
• Steps for implementing an Agile Kaikaku
  • Change the physical work environment
  • Assemble a cross functional team
  • Establish recurring short-term goals
• Use right-sized tools that are fit for purpose
• Lean Software Development
• Implementing Lean Software Development
• Hanselminutes Podcast: Continuous Monitoring

Adopting Agile

In this episode, I discuss adopting Agile with Owen Rogers. Owen is an Agile coach and has helped many teams adopt Agile practices.

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Alt.NET and Microsoft

In this episode, I conclude my discussion with David Laribee, Jeremy D. Miller, and Chad Myers about the state of Alt.NET and its relationship with Microsoft.

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Continuous Improvement

In this episode, I talk with David Laribee, Jeremy D. Miller, and Chad Myers about continuously improving yourself, your code, and your team.

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