Identifying Duplicate Code With Simian

Monday, April 13th, 2009

I’ve recently discovered the tool Simian which you can use to identify blocks of duplicate code. I’ve been experimenting with it on C# code but Simian should work in pretty much any programming language.
Reduction of duplication within code is widely accepted as a worthwhile goal as it makes your code easier to debug, maintain and [...]

Speeding up builds in Visual Studio for .net CE

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

Finally I’ve found a way to reduce the compile time for the windows mobile app that I’m working on. The compile time reduced from around 50 seconds to less than 5!! This has certainly made my work more enjoyable and productive.
To do it you need to disable the Platform Verification Task. Just follow these steps.

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Unit Testing Of Mobile Device Applications

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

I had quite a few troubles getting set up for unit testing of mobile device applications. I was trying to write tests for the compact framework on Windows Mobile 5. I did eventaully get the tests up and running with the device emulator, but the tests where terribly slow to run, it was taking about [...]