by Noam | Nov 16, 2013 | Development
I had a lot of fun teaching about the HTML5 Canvas and SVG at Sela’s Drawing in HTML5 Open House last Tuesday (12 Nov). There’s definitely a lot of interest! The room was full to overflowing with people from a wide range of programming backgrounds, all of whom seemed...
by Noam | Sep 20, 2013 | Development
This post is long overdue. Over the past year and a bit, Sela has built five(!) Microsoft Official Curriculum (MOC) courses for the newest and most strategic Microsoft technologies: the Windows Store and Windows Azure. I am extremely proud to have been part of this...
by Noam | Mar 17, 2012 | Development
Gil Fink, Alex Golesh and I have written Microsoft’s new course on HTML5 Programming (10953A). The course introduces newcomers to HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript APIs, while adhering to current best practices. Working through a hands-on lab, students build their first...
by Noam | Mar 16, 2012 | Development, Testing
I saw an angel in the block of marble and I just chiseled ’til I set him free. – Michelangelo My last post, about what my colleague Yuval Mazor coined “post-tdd-ism”, came under some criticism. It was mostly triggered, understandably, by the last sentence of...
by Noam | Mar 10, 2012 | Development, Testing
Students and clients approach me too many times asking for my take on whether unit tests should be written before or after the code they test. They often tell me that they’ve read or been told that if they write the unit test “after”, it can’t be considered TDD –...
by Noam | Mar 9, 2012 | Development
I co-authored this article with Alex Golesh, of Silverlight MVP fame. Windows Phone SDK 7.1.1 update is a minor upgrade with two primary goals: to make it easier for developers to reach more consumers and bug fixes (>500 bugs fixed). To make Windows Phone devices...
