Development and Integrity Management by Eli Lopian

Unacceptable: Unit testing will take 20 years to catch on

Eli Lopian — Thu, 06 May 2010 19:15:33 +0000

During the Typemock Partnership Academy Panel in Oslo, I had a very strange feeling coming from Uncle Bob, when asked “what is the state of unit testing” that was the feeling of acceptance, but I felt a tingle of consent perhaps a bite of giving in. “We are on track, [...]

The 4 reasons why we DIDN’T choose Oslo

Eli Lopian — Mon, 03 May 2010 18:39:55 +0000

I have just come back from a really successful and fun kickoff of our partnership program (web-site up soon). But everyone is asking me: Why Oslo? Well the reason is not because of the fresh fish that can be found in Norway, even though I love salmon. It is not because of the great people, who are well [...]

Typemock Academy Launch

Eli Lopian — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 10:28:10 +0000

It’s been a while since I felt so excited and proud at the same time. We are three days from the official launch of the Typemock Academy. And even though we’ve been celebrating 5 years of easy unit testing the whole month, and it’s been quite a ride, the Academy launch is a Big step [...]

The First Rule to Software Craftsmanship

Eli Lopian — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:07:40 +0000

There has been a lot of noise about software craftsmanship. I think it’s great that people are talking about how software development should become a true craft. So where’s the catch? Communication as usual. When I look at what the developer groups talk about online…they discuss design. But I have seen many good developer discuss (read: rant) about [...]

Goal-driven Development

Eli Lopian — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:26:15 +0000

Years ago (well not that many years)…when I was working for a large company, I was asked during my midyear review to identify my goals. I remember that my immediate reply was to ask for the group’s goals, because with that information I could figure out my own goals, as a member of the team. [...]

The nightmare called Delegating to Contractors

Eli Lopian — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:51:17 +0000

The answer to ‘How do you decide what to delegate?’ Should be very easy. If it is not one of your core competencies, give it to someone to whom it is. That way, you focus on what you are good at, and they do the same. Yes it’s true, that sometimes the best way to [...]

Leaving the Echo Chamber

Eli Lopian — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:45:44 +0000

Unfortunately I can’t tell you about our next product as of yet, but I can promise that you will hear about it very soon. What I can share with you is that following the great success of the Isolator, we weren’t sure what our next product should be. We wanted to help the developer, and yes [...]

Being a Leader is overrated

Eli Lopian — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:34:39 +0000

Reading a blog post about leadership versus being a boss, I started to think about this matter again. I honestly don’t think that we need any more leaders – we actually need people to execute tasks. Speaking of leaders, I’d rather call them coaches; coaches are people who understand that their largest task is to [...]

Typemock Patents- you’re missing the point

Eli Lopian — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:28:19 +0000

Roy just asked me to blog about a twitter-conversation on our Typemock patents. It is true, we do have a patent. Its number is: PCT/IL2007/001152 It is natural for companies to file patents of their innovations and inventions. We have no answers to the questions that where asked and we haven’t any policy about this as [...]