George Dinwiddie

George Dinwiddie, of iDIA Computing, LLC (www.idiacomputing.com ), is a software development consultant and coach, currently working at Wells Fargo Corporate Trust in Columbia, Maryland. I'm also a sailor and the maintainer of the Alberg 30 website, www.alberg30.org (The Alberg 30 is a particular type of sailboat). I've added an instance of Moin Moin to that site. See www.alberg30.org . I've started a blog/wiki at idiacomputing.com where I can add thoughts as they come to me.

I'm interested in Extreme Programming. Anyone else in the Baltimore/Annapolis/Columbia Maryland area? See Agile Maryland to find the rest of us. Washington Dc Area Xp Users Group is another nearby alternative.

I liked the way Robert Cecil Martin inserted little bits of Extreme Programming into his Advanced Object Oriented Design sessions at SD2000. It's clear to me that you can start practicing some of these good techniques without selling management on the entire Extreme Programming concept. BTW, Robert, every session I attended at SD2000 was good, but yours was particularly excellent. Thanks!

I'm also very impressed with Kent Beck's definition of Simple Design, presented on Xp Simplicity Rules


I often start out with the Recent Changes (or, now c2.com ) page. Maybe I should also keep an eye on the Ejb Roadmap. I've used both handbuild Mock Objects and Easy Mock, but as time progresses, I find I use them less and less. Mostly I use mocks at the system boundaries.

I've started a page of Software Development Guidelines to pull together those rules that aren't formal principles, but are good heuristics that will save your butt more often than not.

I frequently have to remember how to re-energize my User Name and the details of Simulating Quote Blocks. Sometimes I can't remember that c2.com is the recent wiki history. Wiki Wiki Web News provides commentary on current events.

Sometimes I help with the cleanup, deleting older entries in c2.com or useless c2.com .


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