An app I hadn’t touched since its last store build stopped opening in my IDE. Not a compiler error, not a failing test. I opened the solution and two of the projects were simply dead in the tree. Greyed out. Unloadable. I hadn’t changed a single line. The ground underneath the code had been quietly … Read more
I used to think UI Testing sucked! Let’s face it, as developers we are not keen on writing tests, I mean, isn’t that what the customer is there for 🙄 ? Seriously though, testing is a critical part of any software development process, be it TDD, Unit Tests or End-To-End Web Tests. You get the … Read more
Okay, 2020 didn’t quite start out the way we were expecting it. What does that mean as we move forward?
As one of the premier venues on the Microsoft Ignite tour, Sydney Australia is set to be an amazing experience and DevExpress are proud to be a sponsor. Sydney has already laid on it’s best weather for the start of the week with perfect blue skies and warm 37°C days! Come along and say a big … Read more
DevExpress meetup at the Powerhouse museum, December 1.
DDD Perth was held last weekend in, you guessed it Perth, a sleepy little city in Western Australia. It still makes me smile when sharing with overseas friends that they don’t quite understand the size of our beautiful country. It’s a 45 hour drive, or a 5 hour flight from Brisbane to Perth. The flight … Read more
DevExtreme has to be one of my favourite tools to create mobile apps, but it’s not without some caveats. The biggest one being debugging. The simulator is an amazing piece of software except for when you need to run some PhoneGap plugins, or access device specific features. So what is the best way … Read more
It’s time to start cranking out some webinars. Julian and I are starting off a series of JavaScript / PhoneGap / DevExtreme presentations covering the things that have driven us mad over the last few months. Â It’s one thing to get into mobile development, but another to maintain your sanity once you commence. It … Read more
In a couple of weeks, Julian M Bucknall and I will be showing how to use DevExpress XtraReports by thinking outside the box. In a live webinar, we will create a report based on some POCO collections as well as a web service. Then we will take a look at how to bind different reports to … Read more
