Monthly Archives: September 2009

Predictions for CITCON Europe 2009

Posted on September 28, 2009 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

Last year, at CITCON Amsterdam 2008, a few of us stayed late into the night, drinking beer and discussing the state of the world. And what to do when you have 21 geeks with time on their hands? Why, predictions, … Continue reading →

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CITCON Paris 2009, a personal retrospective of the organization

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

As I write this, 3 days after the closing, I have still not fully recovered from CITCON Paris 2009. I have been very much involved in organizing this edition, so I would like to indulge in a bit of personal … Continue reading →

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Faster tests, at CITCON Paris 2009

Posted on September 22, 2009 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

“Going nowhere fast” by Nathan The session on Faster Tests (led by David) was interesting, at least to the extend that it was quite clear that we at Algodeal are not doing too bad indeed (Douglas Squirrel from youDevise is another one … Continue reading →

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Mock objects at CITCON Paris 2009

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

The session on mock objects, mostly lead by Steve Freeman, was a bit messy but interesting. My colleague David got to show some of our code on the screen, which was scary and exciting (he felt the urge to fix some of the … Continue reading →

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Interviewed by François Beauregard

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

François Beauregard from Pyxis Technologies interviewed me during Agile 2009 for their Vox Agile podcast. The interview is now online. We chatted about a favorite topic of mine: how to expand the horizons for Agile. My point is mostly that … Continue reading →

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