This is a blog about what I, Espen Dalløkken, think about different topics related to software development.
I have worked with software development for almost ten years for different companies in Oslo, Norway. I started out focusing upon user interface development but the past few years I have focused more upon server side development. Until recently I had no love for software development, but that was until I started working with the Flex framework while working for the online music service Ezmo. It really has made development a whole lot more fun.
Besides coding I have focused on using agile methodologies and specifically the Lean Software Development method outlined by the Popendieck’s. It really is the right way of looking at things and I think that Lean is the natural evolutionary step for agile methodology.
The past year I have been doing a bit of public speaking about Flex development and how to start using Flex in a company or project. Head over to my company pages to read more about my service offering.
When it comes to patterns there is one I always tend to use when writing Flex applications and that is the Presentation Model pattern. Using this pattern I am actually able to unit test most of my UI logic without having to write fragile tests which involve testing the actual UI components. recipie However there [...]
Being accustomed to the development tools for Java development it has been really frustrating to move into the world of Flex and Action Script with it’s immature IDE’s. However it seems as if this is finally getting attention at Adobe and the Open Source project FlexPMD is really becoming a great tool for assuring quality [...]
I have for some time been running Ubuntu on my work-at-home-computer. Having to work with Flex on Linux is a constant struggel and I can understand why most people would just give up. I can see that the number of Flex developers on Linux is quite small, however I think it’s a shame that we’re [...]