Month: November 2016
Alternatives to Lines of Code (LOC)
November 23, 2016 3 minutes read It amazes me that in 2016, I still hear the occasional story of some software team manager measuring developer productivity by committed lines of...
The Fastest Way to Get to Know NDepend
November 17, 2016 2 minutes read I confess to a certain level of avoidance when it comes to tackling something new. If pressed for introspection, I think I do this...
Concreteness: Entering the Zone of Pain
November 10, 2016 1 minutes read Years ago, when I first downloaded a trial of NDepend, I chuckled when I saw the “Abstractness vs. Instability” graph. The concept itself does...
How to Prioritize Bugs on Your To-Do List
November 3, 2016 1 minutes read People frequently ask me questions about code quality. People also frequently ask me questions about efficiency and productivity. But it seems we rarely wind up...