In last post about Are Extensions the beauty or the beast? I added a screenshot that showed a class implementing the repository pattern. This actually also showed the implementation of our log strategy. I did get some questions why we do it like this and what are the benefits. Let’s have a look onto how we do it: […]
Coding principles: Are extensions the beauty or the beast?
The other day a collegue of mine came to me, being pretty enthusiastic. He was amazed about his latest changes to the code. As I am the responsible architect, it is my turn to have a look onto the changes. So we sat together and did so. Usually we create our code via straight rules and best practices. As […]
Coding principles: These assembly/ folder structures… suck.
We need to move people from time to time between products. It can be tough when you move from SSIS/ Sql/ SAP stuff to job-based Excel automation. How can we make a hard task easy? The very first things that developer see are the assemblies and the folder structures. Let me first put some bad examples for assembly […]
Coding principles: The difference between defensive and offensive programming
I put together a list of strategies, rules and best practices for our team. This is not any unusual stuff, but (IMHO) a sensible and smart set of rules to follow to be able to write extensible, maintainable, understandable, testable, robust,… *TooManyAdjectivesException* …code. To follow the evolution of methodic and what are the coding principles we do […]
Microsoft Graph & Excel API: Waterfall Charts with d3js as Office 365 Addin – is that already stable?
Did you hear about Waterfall? No, I don’t mean the oldschool development practice of the NASA to ensure that a rocket-powered aircraft will fly in space forever. I mean Waterfall charts: These charts do add some value for business users as they are different. They do not just show data, they show data with a […]
Evolution of methodic: Melting the metal
Let me take you to a short journey how I started with programming, where it went to, and how the actual methodic, thinking and doing evoled. This will have the following posts: It all started with i=i+1 Melting the metal Going to Windows 3.11, I need (MS) access Why is there any system without a database? Going to VB6 […]
What’s wrong with that: Do not only code the happy case
Last pull request I’ve opened was some kind of disappointing. When going through the code files, I detected a lot of… questions marks above my head. We do use pull requests for two reasons actually: The need for doing review sessions goes down dramatically The team learns to improve each other while not being upset when anthing […]
Azure Service Bus: Massive count of listeners and senders
We recently went away from Azure Cloud Queue to migrate to Azure Service Bus. There had been a lot of reasons. One of the most important facts had been that we chosen Azure Cloud Queue due to performance. When we started decvelopment in a project with that technology middle of 2014, this was true. Let’s say […]
Evolution of methodic
Let me take you to a short journey how I started with programming, where it went to, and how the actual methodic, thinking and doing evoled. This will have the following posts: It all started with i=i+1 Melting the metal Going to Windows 3.11, I need (MS) access Why is there any system without a database? Going to VB6 […]
Evolution of methodic: It all started with i=i+1
Let me take you to a short journey how I started with programming, where it went to, and how the actual methodic, thinking and doing evoled. This will have the following posts and this is the first of it: It all started with i=i+1 Melting the metal Going to Windows 3.11, I need (MS) access Why is there […]