Knowledge Transfer in Times of Technology Change

Knowledge Transfer in Times of Technology Change

Let’s face it: Technology changes in software development aren’t rare events, they’re practically the background noise of our industry. Especially in the evolving .NET world, where frameworks, tools, and deployment models are constantly shifting, staying on top means more than just learning new tools or technologies. It means preserving, sharing, and actively managing knowledge before it walks out the door or gets buried in yesterday’s code. Because here’s the kicker: Much of your team’s know-how isn’t in a shared wiki,…

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NDC 2014

NDC 2014

I attended this year’s NDC (Norwegian developer conference) in Oslo. It was a very interesting conference, but as a short summary, it saw something like a consolidation. JavaScript – as some people say in its fourth generation (Simple Scripts, AJAX, MVC-Framworks, SPA) – is finally accepted as a language like C# or Java. Also in the agile world there is no hype anymore about Scrum or Kanban. It was more how and when to use it.One major topic, which I…

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Build your private git infrastructure

Build your private git infrastructure

I’ve got for several years a virtual server to put my own projects under version control. I started with CVS, then migrated to SVN and now I’m start thinking to migrate all the old projects to git. This because I like git very much and I use it personally for several years now. The first question but was: “Not invented here”-syndrom? Why not using github or codeplex or any other public platform which offers git support. Well, some of my…

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Migrate a VSS repository to TFS

Migrate a VSS repository to TFS

Recently I had to migrate parts from a Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 2005 repository to a Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010 repository. In this blog post I show what I had to do and what the pitfalls were. The tool To migrate a repository you have at least two possibilities: Migrate the latest snapshot or the whole history. Normally you prefer a migration of the whole history, so you don’t loose the gained advantage of an version control system. To migrate…

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VDD – the new programming manifesto?

VDD – the new programming manifesto?

When I was at the NDC, I had also the possibility to visit with colleagues the city of Oslo. During a stop in front of a little shop, a colleague discovered a post card about Viking laws. When I read it, I was really surprised how well the laws fit to today’s software practices. The Viking laws are grouped in four paragraphs. I pick the most interesting laws for each paragraph and try to make some relations to the software…

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