Category Archives: development

When is a Tool not a Tool?

Posted on November 12, 2007 by Daniel Roop

A couple weeks ago my colleague Brian LeGros published an article about Object Persistance and Architecture. It was a very good article in his series on design practices, but it made me think about some struggles I have had when … Continue reading →

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JRuby vs Groovy

Posted on September 22, 2007 by Daniel Roop

Lately at my office there has been some conversation about dynamic languages, and which one we should be investigating to replace dead languages like, ColdFusion, there I said it. Luckily one of the dynamic language junkies left to go work … Continue reading →

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If at first you don’t succeed…

Posted on September 22, 2007 by Daniel Roop

Anyone who has been following my blog, probably knows that I have been working on some PoC work with Buildr at my office. Well when it came down to it, my boss and I decided that Buildr just isn’t quite … Continue reading →

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TDD By Example Reviewed

Posted on August 29, 2007 by Daniel Roop

I recently got a chance to read through Test Driven Development: By Example (The Addison-Wesley Signature Series) by Kent Beck. For those who don’t know, Kent, is the person behind eXtreme Programming and TDD, along with a laundry list of … Continue reading →

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