Monthly Archives: March 2007

Brainstorming a test list

Posted on March 24, 2007 by bbutton

Question — When writing code test first, how do you know where to start, how do you know what to do next, and how do you know you’re finished? Answer – By creating a list of tests that help you … Continue reading →

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find -name foo.\* | xargs grep "find_me"

Posted on March 22, 2007 by bbutton

[Update from Brad Wilson and Scott Dukes] I’ve been wanting a powershell script to replace my favorite unix command for ages, and I took a stab at it today. This got me very close to what I wanted yesterday, which … Continue reading →

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www.stlcodecamp.org is live again!

Posted on March 20, 2007 by bbutton

Let the registrations begin! The site is up and ready to go again, all set to accept registrations and presentations for 2007. If you’re interested in participating or presenting, please sign up! – bab

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Powershell script to convert RTF docs to plain text using MS-Word

Posted on March 13, 2007 by bbutton

On our current project, we had a bunch of RTF files that had some text in them that we wanted to yank out and store in a database. Instead of laboriously opening and resaving each of the files as plaintext, … Continue reading →

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Announcing the 2nd Annual St. Louis Code Camp

Posted on March 12, 2007 by bbutton

At long last, I can officially announce the 2007 St. Louis Code  Camp, to be held May 5th, in Creve Coeur, MO. The code camp will be held in the offices of Microsoft at Three City Place, at the corner … Continue reading →

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