Month: November 2015
Mistakes Dev Managers Make
Managing a team of software developers is a tall order. This is doubly true when the line management includes both org chart duties (career development, HR administrivia, etc) and responsibility...
Let’s Build a Metric: Incorporating Results and Exploring CQLinq
It turns out I was wrong in the last post, at least if the early returns from the second experiment are to be believed. Luckily, the scientific method allows for...
Refactoring is a Development Technique, Not a Project
One of the more puzzling misconceptions that I hear pertains to the topic of refactoring. I consult on a lot of legacy rescue efforts, and refactoring, and people in and...
NDepend Case Study: Increasing Development Efficiency in the Medical Laboratory Sector
Developing applications for use in the health care industry is stressful because the margin of error is almost non-existent. Whether your tool is for treatment, research, or analysis, it needs...
Let’s Build a Metric 7: Counting the Inputs
Over the last two Let’s Build a Metric installments of this series, I’ve talked about different ways to count lines of code and about ways to count different paths through...