November 2019

Sharpen The Saw - November 2019

2 Nov 2019 sharpen-the-saw

In todays post: Enforcing the Liskov Substitution Principle, C# language versioning, reminders for better meetings, making money from 2FA, the Curta mechanical keyboard, and Crypto 101.

Modifying Words, Part the First

9 Nov 2019 wordtutor-redux csharp

The existing model class ModifyVocabularyWordScreen only handles the creation of a new word. We need to modify it to support the modification of an existing word as well.

Modifying Words, Part the Second

16 Nov 2019 wordtutor-redux csharp

If you’ve tried out our application as it stood after last week’s post, you may have noticed that the user experience for modifying a word is a bit suboptimal. After selecting a word, you have to separately press the Modify button. Can we do better?

What do you do when you find a bug?

24 Nov 2019 professional

What do you do when you find a bug in the system you’re working on? I suggest that how you address the bug is a key measure of your professionalism as a developer.

Convention testing for immutable types

30 Nov 2019 wordtutor-redux csharp testing

The Redux architecture we’re using for our application state relies on all our state objects being properly immutable. So far, we’ve relied on nothing more than self-discipline to ensure no mistakes are made. By adding some convention testing to our project, we can enlist some help in avoiding common errors.