Silas Reinagel - Extreme Software Engineering

Mar 28, 2017 - 7 minute read

Keep Your ASP.NET Controllers Code-Free!

If you’ve been doing any amount of server-centric web development, you have definitely seen more than a few Web Controllers. If your experience has been like mine, often the methods on these controllers are filled with procedures that process user requests. This is absolutely wrong! Web Controllers must be kept code-free!

Mar 21, 2017 - 6 minute read

Independently Executable Units

Often people talk about their applications as Console Apps, Web Apps, Mobile Apps, etc. There is nothing wrong with using those terms for marketing purposes, but there is a major flaw if they are designed structurally with that idea. Creating an “X App” will make the resulting code rigid and non-portable. Instead, create independently executable units.

Mar 7, 2017 - 3 minute read

Making a Concrete Behavior Reusable

Solving a software engineering problem once in your application is good. Taking a solution and making it reusable inside your application is even better. Recently, I had fun writing a simple scene transition, and then making it reusable. Join me in watching it evolve.

Feb 28, 2017 - 5 minute read

Your Code Is Terrible

A boss developer works hard to improve his skills! Improving absolutely requires both humility and desire. If you want to be great, you must be extremely passionate and incredibly humble. There is no other way.