Monthly Archives: November 2008

developer's toolbox

Periodically, I like to take stock of my development environment and see what tools I’ve been using. Given that I have this blog sitting around, it seems like a good place to record the results Coding: Ok, so here’s the deal. For several months, I’ve been using Vim as my sole IDE for Java and [...]

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nirvana: pair programming and test-driven development

So, for the last week or so, I have finally managed to force myself into both pair programming and test-driven development (TDD). Oh my… how have I managed to be a developer for this long without those two things? “Pairing” in my office has often meant “we’ll work on similar stuff and check in with [...]

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