I flew in yesterday from Seattle to attend the Alt.Net conference (http://www.altnetconf.com)  I am here early because I am working with Roy Osherove (http://weblogs.asp.net/rosherove/) to see how we can implement more Agile practices in our framework/architecture.

Our framework/architecture is rather non-standard and breaks lots of “rules”

1.       We do all our database access via stored procedures

2.       We pass datasets over the wire to our service layers.

3.       These datasets are un-typed datasets.

4.       We use a combined data access and business rules class.

Our framework/architecture has a lot of cool features though:

1.       Works well with windows and web applications using an MVC style controller.

2.       Is very scalable (we have some sites with a million+ users)

3.       Does a lot of legwork with templates and code generation.

4.       Is fairly easy to use and grok.

5.       It has room for growth and improvement.

My goals for this weekend:

1.       Figure out how to implement  TDD using our architecture

2.       Gather ideas on how we could move our framework forward

3.       To hang out with the cool kidz coming to AltNetConf

4.       To learn how other Agile techniques might work in our development environments.

5.       To have fun!

So I am here and if you want get in touch for dinner, Guinness, BBQ or just to hang…. Give me a ring 253 906 2342