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I’ve recently started including view tests in my TDD/BDD pratice. In my Django views(templates) tests, I needed a tool to help me test the presence of certain DOM elements. One of my favorite ways to locate DOM element in an HTML document is by using CSS selectors in jQuery. I …

For the 3rd time (2nd for Minyaa), I will be present to AtlasCamp in San Francisco. Atlassian Summit 2010 was mainly an opportunity to meet customers, AltasCamp stay the best place to meet Atlassian Community. The Agenda seems to be … Continue reading →

The Story I just bought a new computer. For the first time in ages I didn’t feel like spending hours deciding which parts I wanted, so I went for a big brand PC. Of course it came with Windows 7 installed. Like any self-respecting geek, the first thing I did was… to install Starcraft. No […]

Usability is something most teams outside the Apple circle do not care about.

However, luckily enough (or sadly enough, depending on how you see it), developers are keyword-addicts, and some things suddently start looking cool as soon as they are trendy. Nobody cared about the business logic before, but now that  Domain Driven Design is considered […]

In September 2009, I decided that for the next year, I would concentrate on three goals: Reading (12 books) Blogging (40 posts) Coding (4 projects) What did I learn about setting objectives? What do I need to improve? These questions will be answered in a few moments… and if you care you might even hear […]

There’s a misunderstanding I’ve noticed in quite a few Scrum projects. Teams use Scrum and at the end of their sprint they do what they call a “sprint demo”. It works out like this:

They demonstrate their increment of the prod…

Since I discovered Haml for my HTML templates in Rails, I stopped using ERB. Haml is more intuitive and readable to me. I am rediscovering ERB though for something else completely – Java code generation. There is a lot of boilerplate code in most Java projects. A good IDE can help you alleviate some of […]

Incubators are looking for ways to differentiate themselves. The newly launched AngelPad (an incubator created by 7 ex-googlers), for instance, bets on recreating a google-like atmosphere to foster innovation.

A recent post from Mark Shuttleworth seems to show that some foundations also have interesting ideas when it comes to financing projects :

“The model of the Foundation […]

Lean Startup: Interesting conference by Eric Ries

I went to my first Agile Conference!  I guess I’m always a bit uneasy when I’m surrounded by people who more or less think the same way I do. On the other hand, it feels great! It’s a stark contrast from what I’m used to – you know, being surrounded by Architects, DBAs, PMOs and […]