Yared AyalewRefactoring Legacy Application — Part IIIn Part I of this series, I have gone over historical background of the first iteration of the product I’ve been working on — Commodity &…Oct 7, 2017Oct 7, 2017
Yared AyalewRefactoring Legacy Application — Part IThe story began when I joined a team in April 2013 which was aiming to develop web based commodity tracking app for managing humanitarian…Oct 2, 2017Oct 2, 2017
Yared AyalewAutomating tests with Python, Selenium and PhantomJSAmong the boring things at the same time very critical efforts in any software development effort is doing routine manual testing to ensure…Sep 17, 20151Sep 17, 20151
Yared AyalewCommon agile pitfallsI had the chance of conducting a project launch agile workshop with Alan Jackson from Aptivate back in June. We were getting ready to…Apr 28, 2015Apr 28, 2015
Yared AyalewRestoring NuGet packages for streamlined team workflowI think NuGet is among one of the best things to come out of the .net open source community. NuGet has seen quite a significant growth in…Jun 21, 2013Jun 21, 2013
Yared AyalewCustom authentication in ASP.NET MVC 4In any application security (authentication and authorization) is probably one of the most infamous non functional requirement. Specially…Dec 9, 2012Dec 9, 2012
Yared AyalewMultiple search criteria and EF code firstI run into the infamous advanced user search requirement that every database application user requests. There is an entity/model that the…Dec 7, 2012Dec 7, 2012
Yared AyalewMy first foray into the agile world!My first encounter to agile software development methods were around late 2007 where our team was struggling to deliver project we were…Jan 17, 2012Jan 17, 2012
Yared AyalewTaking the pain out of source control.I remember the first time I was introduced to source code version control systems. Back then our team was using Visual Basic 5 and I was…Aug 16, 2011Aug 16, 2011
Yared AyalewDeploying SCSF app using WiXI am a firm believer in that my applications setup experience is the first introduction to my users and hence it should be smooth enough…Jun 16, 2010Jun 16, 2010