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Roy Osherove

Roy Osherove's blog provides a variety of development topics with a focus on Agile development, unit testing, hardcore .NET topics (Winforms, threading, reflection, regular expressions) and more. The blog has been online for over 5 years and gets an average 47,000 unique views per month.
Roy's also shares insights from his book on unit testing: "The Art Of Unit Testing". More info at : http://the.artofunittesting.com/


ISerializable | 14 Dec 2011 04:56

[Cool Tool] Checking Out VsVimSubscribe to this feed

Roy Osherove writes "....I've been using VsVim in my latest TDD course. It's a simulator of Vim keybindings for visual studio. I've been using vim since january 2011, so almost a year now, and i've come to really like the power you get when editing code with it. Unlike..."
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ISerializable | 05 Dec 2011 19:35

Help me pick a name for my new site - a search engine for keyboard shortcutsSubscribe to this feed

Roy Osherove writes "....I’m working on a new site that will be a search engine for keyboard shortuts, where you’d put in an app name and get all the shortcuts for it. But I’m not sure which name is best. help me decide, dear reader!   I’m..."
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ISerializable | 29 Nov 2011 12:38

Norway - Stavanger Elastic Leadership ClassSubscribe to this feed

Roy Osherove writes "....This is very short notice, (which is why there is a surprise) - but During December 15-16, I’ll be doing my Elastic Leadership Course “Lead Better” in Stavanger, Norway. This course is for new and experienced software team leaders, who want to get..."
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ISerializable | 27 Nov 2011 10:49

How Microsoft Israel Scares .NET Consultants Into SubmissionSubscribe to this feed

Roy Osherove writes "....If you are a consultant related to any Microsoft related technology in Israel, you might know the feeling - There's something you really want to tell your customers about a product that might be better than a current Microsoft Product, but you hold..."
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ISerializable | 23 Nov 2011 12:49

My Suggested Talks for NDC 2012Subscribe to this feed

Roy Osherove writes "....Here’s the list I submitted to the powers that be for NDC 2012. Most of these are new. soe are ‘refurbished’ with information I learned in the past year. I wonder which ones will go through.. 10 things every software team leader..."
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ISerializable | 11 Nov 2011 20:16

TDD Master class - Videos Available For Purchase at TekPubSubscribe to this feed

Roy Osherove writes "....In the past several months I’ve been taking background recordings of my classes with screen recorders on. I’ve heard from a good number of people that they can’t attend my TDD classes, and that it would be great if they could get..."
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ISerializable | 05 Nov 2011 18:17

Effective MiscommunicationSubscribe to this feed

Roy Osherove writes "....My previous post was precieved by some people as an arrogant, self congratulatory public postering of someone who wrote me some praise. That was not the intended meaning of that post. It was about effective ways of communication, and the irony of..."
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ISerializable | 05 Nov 2011 17:39

"This is not a question. Just a comment for you, Roy."Subscribe to this feed

Roy Osherove writes "....—————- My Name:: ***** My Email is:: ******* My Company: I’m interested in: Other I am located in : Sweden Message:  Thanks for having videos publicly available. I am going to setup hands-on courses in using..."
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ISerializable | 21 Oct 2011 12:48

What You Don't Know You Don't KnowSubscribe to this feed

Roy Osherove writes "....I recently did a talk to a your crowd of israeli developers (it was in hebrew) about a stopic I’ve never spoken about before in a talk - The reasons for my leaving the .NET world for a year. You can see the video of this talk (and the q&a..."
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ISerializable | 06 Oct 2011 10:39

Free event and 5 day TDD masterclass in Copenhagen this monthSubscribe to this feed

Roy Osherove writes "....Hi all. Two things to announce: TDD Master Class: If you’re in or near Copenhagen this month, and are interested in joining my 5 day TDD master class in .NET, you can learn more about it here.  This is the only time this year I am..."
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Roy Osherove (RoyOsherove) Friday picnicking with the boys http://t.co/gU55BGqM 1 day ago from Photos on iOS


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Roy Osherove (RoyOsherove) @simonbrown the purchasing numbers dont look great though. best sellers are mostly less than 1000 readers.. 2 days ago from TweetDeck


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Roy Osherove (RoyOsherove) thinking of going ahead and publishing my "notes to a software team leader" book through leanpub.com - thoughts? 2 days ago from TweetDeck


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Roy Osherove (RoyOsherove) having a hard time coming up with the right paper work to be able to charge money from romania to israel... any experience with that, you? 2 days ago from TweetDeck


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Roy Osherove (RoyOsherove) @agilemanager cute! I'll be there in two weeks. maybe time to change hotels.. 3 days ago from web


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Roy Osherove (RoyOsherove) @damienguard @shanselman sounds like something worth sharing on key.bo 3 days ago from Twitter for iPad


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Roy Osherove (RoyOsherove) @agilemanager pics? 3 days ago from Twitter for iPhone


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Roy Osherove (RoyOsherove) @dhelper your talk was really good, and likable. great job! 4 days ago from TweetDeck


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Roy Osherove (RoyOsherove) @theyonibomber which idea is smart? 5 days ago from TweetDeck


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Roy Osherove (RoyOsherove) @avivby letter are all lower case unless you see shift+letter... the other way around was tried and was more confusing 5 days ago from TweetDeck


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Roy Osherove (RoyOsherove) @theyonibomber profile page still in progress :) 5 days ago from TweetDeck


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Roy Osherove (RoyOsherove) be there shortly... very cool indeed/ RT @urilavi: http://t.co/xtPg5YLt excited to see @eladsof @imistaken ilan talking about #APIL2012 5 days ago from TweetDeck


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Roy Osherove (RoyOsherove) @jchannon seems neat. although I don't like too much "noise" (extra classes) 5 days ago from TweetDeck