Jeffrey Palermo

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Jeffrey Palermo is the CEO of Clear Measure, a software engineering firm for mid-market non-technology companies. A Microsoft MVP for 11 consecutive years, Jeffrey has spoken at national conferences such as Tech Ed, VS Live, DevTeach, and Ignite. He founded and ran several software user groups and is the author of several books and articles. A graduate of Texas A&M University and the Jack Welch Management Institute, an Eagle Scout, and an Iraq war veteran, Jeffrey likes to spend time with his family at the motocross track. A graduate of Texas A&M University and the Jack Welch Management Institute, an Eagle Scout, and an Iraq war veteran, Jeffrey likes to spend time with his family of five out at the motocross track.

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Architects: The Case for Software Leaders

Last updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2023 - March/April

Despite our best efforts, relatively few software development projects are a raging success. Jeffrey talks about the various roles - even non-technical ones - that every project should have if there’s any hope of success.
- Editorials
- Project Management
A Professional-Grade Configuration for Azure DevOps Services: Beyond the Quickstarts

Last updated: Wednesday, April 7, 2021

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2019 - January/February

Jeffrey shows you how to organize your code to suit DevOps, configure the five Azure DevOps products, automate your pipeline for speed, and build quality into each stage of your process.
Digging into Azure Functions: It’s Time to Take Them Seriously

Last updated: Friday, May 7, 2021

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2017 - November/December

If you need to run discrete and small units of code in a flexible, scalable, and cost-effective manner, you need Azure functions. Jeffrey and Justin show you how to take advantage of them.
How to Know Your Team is Productive and Delivering Quality

Last updated: Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2017 - March/April

Jeffrey takes a look at the state of the industry and comes up with some interesting ways to measure efficiency and accuracy.
DevOps and Continuous Delivery: Made for a Cloud World

Last updated: Thursday, June 24, 2021

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2016 - March/April

Jeffrey gives us an overview and demonstration of a continuous delivery environment and shows us some great tools along the way. Using integrated development and operations, he gets the most out of cloud technologies.
Visual Studio 2015: Ushering in a New Paradigm

Last updated: Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2015 - November/December

You’re going to have to hold onto your hat! Jeffrey looks at what’s new in VS 2015, and it’s all good.
Highlights of ASP.NET MVC 3

Last updated: Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2010 - November/December

As developers are just getting used to ASP.NET MVC 2 and Visual Studio 2010, Microsoft has already planned and released a preview of the next version of ASP.NET. What started out as “just another option” for ASP.NET developers has become the programming style of choice for developers writing .NET applications for the web.
Supercharging ASP.NET MVC with MvcContrib

Last updated: Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2010 - March/April

Hot on the heels of the groundbreaking release of ASP.NET MVC CTP 1 in December of 2007, an open source project called MvcContrib came to life.MvcContrib has enjoyed tens of thousands of downloads since it started in December of 2007. In this article, I will explain MvcContrib; it’s major components, how to use it, and how to get involved in its continued development.
ASP.NET MVC 2 in Action

Last updated: Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2009 - November/December

Hot on the heels of the groundbreaking release of ASP.NET MVC 1.0, the ASP.NET MVC team at Microsoft has already released the first Community Technology Preview (CTP) of version 2.I have already predicted that Microsoft’s MVC Framework will become the new way to develop Web applications on top of ASP.NET. In this article, I will give a first look at the plans for version 2 and some of the features that already work in the first CTP.
- ASP.NET MVC
- C#
Managing an Agile Software Project

Last updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2008 - May/June

Everything right or wrong with a software project is management’s fault.Either management staffed the right people or the wrong people. Management was absent or involved. Management is hard, and there are numerous factors that can cause success or failure of a project. In the best situation you have great people who do great work. A software manager can even succeed despite themselves if they happen to staff a top-notch team even though the managers, themselves, might not be very competent. The success that a top-notch team achieves is still the manager’s fault. Failure, however, is harder to blame on the team because a manager must be able to solve problems as they come along. This article will focus on tips and knowledge to use when managing an agile software project.
MVP Corner: Use the ASP.NET MVC Framework to Write Web Apps without Viewstate or Postbacks

Last updated: Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2008 - January/February

Jan/Feb 08 MVP Corner Article
- ASP.NET MVC
- Web Development (general)
Use the ASP.NET MVC Framework to Write Web Apps without Viewstate or Postbacks

Last updated: Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Published in: The Web View

The Web View October 2007

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