
I was doing some thinking about areas where I’m lacking as a developer. There are many, but I’ll list a few here.Testing ImprovementsI think I’ve come a...
3 replies - 8166 views - 11/22/08 by Derek Young in Articles

Some things lend themselves to TDD better than others. Code generation, it turns out, scores a 10 on this front. (To some people, it‘s heresy to think that...
2 replies - 8129 views - 11/21/08 by Rob Williams in Articles

Coverity, Inc., a provider of static source code analysis tools, today unveiled Coverity
Architecture Analyzer, providing development teams with the ability...
0 replies - 6632 views - 11/17/08 by Nitin Bharti in Articles

How much code coverage is enough? Do you consider having 100% code coverage an uphill task? Based on whom you talk to, the reply you get varies considerably. I...
20 replies - 18251 views - 10/20/08 by Meera Subbarao in Articles

We talked about how it is important to separate the new operators from the application logic. This separation forces your code to have factories which are...
0 replies - 5160 views - 09/24/08 by Misko Hevery in Articles

Every now and then I read challenges to Frederick Brooks' wisdom. Mr. Brooks is the author of the "Mythical Man Month"
and other must-read...
0 replies - 1850 views - 09/17/08 by Pratik Patel in Articles

An earlier post mentioned my "go-in" position is assuming that any successful company has to be doing something in many of the process areas, else...
0 replies - 5410 views - 09/16/08 by Hillel Glazer in Articles

When I initially started at the mine around 3 months ago I
never anticipated that this industry would have as many acronyms as the IT industry.
I was wrong....
2 replies - 6174 views - 07/29/08 by Anne Botha in Articles

I am a really strong believer in validating assumptions and clearly communicating your decisions with your team before you choose to take a path in front of...
6 replies - 6274 views - 07/21/08 by Anne Botha in Articles

Agile Development is all about developing code and seeking feedback
from your users to make sure you’re developing what’s relevant. When
changes are...
0 replies - 12161 views - 07/16/08 by Schalk Neethling in News

After 3 years of being part of an open source software development
team (amongst other things) I decided to do something unusual. I
decided it was time to...
10 replies - 7457 views - 07/15/08 by Anne Botha in Articles

"When software development teams move to agile methods, experienced project managers often struggle-doubtful about the new approach and uncertain about...
0 replies - 6587 views - 07/10/08 by Aslam Khan in Articles

Project Time Management is one of the nine knowledge areas of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). It deals with the definition of activities...
2 replies - 4136 views - 06/25/08 by Jurgen Appelo in News

Learn how VeriSign Code Signing Certificates allow you to digitally sign your content for unprecedented secure delivery over the Internet and safely transport...
0 replies - 16430 views - 05/02/08 by Matthew Schmidt in Whitepapers

[img_assist|nid=1518|title=|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=250|height=167]My mission in this article - to get rid of the illusion that your Software...
1 replies - 11773 views - 03/04/08 by James Sugrue in Articles