Andrea Angella

Andrea Angella

31 March 2017

Andrea Angella

Andrea Angella

31 March 2017

The right way to approach a legacy code base

On Friday, March 10, I attended the Working Effectively with Legacy Code workshop hosted by Michael Feathers, along with a few other members of my team. We maintain a difficult legacy code base and we were eager to do some practice and learn some useful techniques. The most important lesson I… Read more
Toby Smyth

Toby Smyth

31 March 2017

Toby Smyth

Toby Smyth

31 March 2017

Six shades of masking your data

Foundry is Redgate’s research and development division. We develop products and technologies for the Microsoft data platform. Each project progresses through Foundry’s four-stage product development process: Research, Concept, Prototype, Beta. At each stage, the Foundry team is exploring the scope and potential for Redgate to develop a product. One of… Read more

Dealing with regulation; audit and compliance in SQL Server

In Foundry – Redgate’s research division – we’re focused on exploring new products and technologies for the Microsoft data platform. Over the last few months, we’ve been taking a close look at the problems people face when auditing and meeting regulatory compliance for SQL Server. An introduction to compliance and SQL Server… Read more
Andrea Angella

Andrea Angella

24 March 2017

Andrea Angella

Andrea Angella

24 March 2017

Universal Architecture

In this post, I’d like to introduce you to the Universal Architecture idea described by J.B. Rainsberger in the podcast Unit Testability and the Universal Architecture. Everyone wants to deliver software that works and delivers value to our customers. That’s a fact! Everyone wants our software to be easy to change and maintain.… Read more