Shey’s Rebellion

I’m really excited to announce that I will present Unit testing with NUnit at AgilePakistan.org’s first meeting!

In the presentation I will introduce unit testing, discuss the advantages of unit testing and then we’ll look at how to apply unit testing to your .NET application with NUnit.  Time permitting I will also talk about the motivation behind AgilePakistan.org and the agenda for the next few months.

The first meeting will be held at Alchemy Technologies (across from Sammad Clinic and Dadabhoy University near Hill Park) on August 23, 2008 at 4PM.  Seating is limited, please register by email before 11AM, Friday, August 22, 2008.

Hope to see you there!

When I moved back to Pakistan I made a promise with myself, I promised that I would help improve Pakistan. (Yes, I’m arrogant enough to believe that I can make a difference)

The Software Development industry is young; as with all young industries, it’s changing rapidly, new technology is introduced daily, methodolgies are developed and old ideas are abandoned quickly.  Keeping up with the changes is exhausting,  books aren’t easily available and while the internet is useful, you can’t find answers for open ended queries. Software developers in Pakistan need a forum where they can learn about the latest trends in our industry, share knowledge and network.

Mohtashim’s and Aleem’s presentations at the PASHA career fair inspired me to get off my ass and do something– introducing: AgilePakistan.org.  Agile Pakistan is a community of software developers, the goal is to meet once a month to discuss software development, to learn and improve ourselves as software developers.  Anyone and everyone is invited to the meetings, membership is not required, but if your are interested in presenting a topic then please email me at Sheheryar [at] AgilePakistan.org

I’ve posted pictures from my trip to Sunday Bazaar on my flickr account– Here’s a preview:

• Pakistan Software Houses Association
• Green & White
• Desi Back to desh
• Pakistan Software Exporters Board

A state of emergency has been declared in Pakistan, the country’s constitution has been suspended, all news channels including the foreign news outlets BBC, CNN, Sky News and Al-Jazeera except the state run PTV are off air.

Edit: Under the Provisional Constitution Order the following articles have been suspended: 9, 10, 15,16,17,19 and 25. These articles include the following rights:

• Security of person
• Safeguards as to arrest and detention
• Freedom of movement, etc.
• Freedom of assembly
• Freedom of association
• Freedom of speech, etc.
• Equality of citizens