This is a guest post from Albin Sunnanbo, sharing a convenient config trick for Notepad++. If you are using Notepad++ as your favorite editor for text files you should configure style mapping for XML files. Instead of going into the menu Language->Xml everytime you open a file with xml data you can configure XML as… Continue reading Configure XML formatting in Notepad++
Category: Software Development
Open Letter to Recruiters
Dear Recruiters, I do get quite a lot of mails and phone calls from you. It is flattering to be offered new opportunities weekly, but that also means that the competition between you and the other recruiters is devastating. Fortunately for you who are reading this, there are a few quite simple things you can… Continue reading Open Letter to Recruiters
Code Coverage != Functional Coverage
To reach 100% testing coverage is a dream for many teams. The metric used is code coverage for tests, but is that enough? Unfortunately not. Code line coverage is not the same as functional coverage. And it is full functional coverage that really matters in the end. Look at a simple method that formats a… Continue reading Code Coverage != Functional Coverage
My Favourite Visual Studio Key Bindings
Working with code, there are some operations that are repeated many times every day, hour or even minute. Knowing (and creating) shortcut keys for those operations not only saves time, but keeps focus on the code. Reaching for the mouse might not take much longer time, but it switches the brain over to mouse-control mode… Continue reading My Favourite Visual Studio Key Bindings
NDC 2014 Highlights
Last week, I was in beautiful Oslo in Norway most of the week for NDC 2014. It was a great conference and I’d like to point out a few highlights. For the first time, I was a speaker at a major conference. I’ve done quite a few internal talks before and a few externals too,… Continue reading NDC 2014 Highlights