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	<title>Bob On Development &#187; Techniques</title>
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		<title>Advice for Self-Taught Programmers</title>
		<link>http://bobondevelopment.com/2009/10/19/advice-for-self-taught-programmers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bob returns to blogging with some advice for noobs.]]></description>
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		<title>Good Typists Make Good Developers</title>
		<link>http://bobondevelopment.com/2008/09/10/good-typists-make-good-developers/</link>
		<comments>http://bobondevelopment.com/2008/09/10/good-typists-make-good-developers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Techniques]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Are typing skills really that much help to a developer?  You bet.]]></description>
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		<title>On Exceeding Requirements</title>
		<link>http://bobondevelopment.com/2008/05/07/on-exceeding-requirements/</link>
		<comments>http://bobondevelopment.com/2008/05/07/on-exceeding-requirements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 18:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Techniques]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobondevelopment.com/?p=117</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Not having fun as a software developer?  I didn't think so.  It's written all over your code.]]></description>
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		<title>ALT.NET Conference Austin &#8212; Day 1</title>
		<link>http://bobondevelopment.com/2007/10/05/altnet-conference-austin-day-1/</link>
		<comments>http://bobondevelopment.com/2007/10/05/altnet-conference-austin-day-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2007 02:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bob</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Methodologies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Techniques]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Coverage of opening night at the ALT.NET conference in Austin, TX, with some thoughts on the "movement" from a pragmatic "mere mortal".]]></description>
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		<title>Waste Not Thy Variables, Neither Needlessly Multiply Them</title>
		<link>http://bobondevelopment.com/2007/09/09/waste-not-thy-variables-neither-needlessly-multiply-them/</link>
		<comments>http://bobondevelopment.com/2007/09/09/waste-not-thy-variables-neither-needlessly-multiply-them/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 01:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[C#]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Techniques]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Use variables purposefully, not spastically.]]></description>
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		<title>On Software Development Fashions</title>
		<link>http://bobondevelopment.com/2007/04/04/on-software-development-fashions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2007 14:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Methodologies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The pseudonymous "Ed Johnson" over at HackNot has produced another bit of priceless satire entitled "Invasion of the Dynamic Language Weenies". It got me thinking about the language and technology fashions I've seen come and go over the last generation. Are popular dynamic languages, agile techniques, and TDD empty fashion or the Second Coming? The truth, as usual, lies somewhere in between.]]></description>
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		<title>Here&#8217;s a New One: SQL Server Relations are Evil</title>
		<link>http://bobondevelopment.com/2007/03/10/heres-a-new-one-sql-server-relations-are-evil/</link>
		<comments>http://bobondevelopment.com/2007/03/10/heres-a-new-one-sql-server-relations-are-evil/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2007 20:39:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SQL Server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Techniques]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am doing some work on a three year old WinForms app with its data store in SQL Server and noticed that there is not a single table relation defined in the whole DB. When I asked about this the response was that it was "by design".]]></description>
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		<title>Is There a Place for Code Generation in Your Tool Kit?</title>
		<link>http://bobondevelopment.com/2007/03/05/is-there-a-place-for-code-generation-in-your-tool-kit/</link>
		<comments>http://bobondevelopment.com/2007/03/05/is-there-a-place-for-code-generation-in-your-tool-kit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Techniques]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tools]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve discussed more than once in this space the fact that you&#8217;ll never reduce software development to some kind of mechanical exercise.  I&#8217;ve even gone so far as to question software gods like Charles Simonyi, who seeks to systemetize software specification to the point that producing actual software becomes a push-button operation.
Is there a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seeing What your Users See: User Interfaces And Limited Choice</title>
		<link>http://bobondevelopment.com/2007/02/17/seeing-what-your-users-see-user-interfaces-and-limited-choice/</link>
		<comments>http://bobondevelopment.com/2007/02/17/seeing-what-your-users-see-user-interfaces-and-limited-choice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2007 18:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Techniques]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UI Design]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many developers easily forget that their software is not the center of its user's universe. It is simply a tool, a means to an end.]]></description>
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		<title>How to Use Team Foundation Server Source Control with Visual Studio 2003</title>
		<link>http://bobondevelopment.com/2007/01/26/how-to-use-team-foundation-server-source-control-with-visual-studio-2003/</link>
		<comments>http://bobondevelopment.com/2007/01/26/how-to-use-team-foundation-server-source-control-with-visual-studio-2003/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2007 04:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Techniques]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobondevelopment.com/?p=23</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The title says it all!]]></description>
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