I’ve been slacking on this site because I’ve been ridiculously busy supporting what’s going to turn into something huge. The Intuit Partner Platform is unleashing the ability to create RIA’s by leveraging Flex, an Intuit-developed framework, Intuit services, and the enormous Intuit customer ecosystem (think QuickBooks). The resulting apps live on the AppCenter. Check out the coverage.
Now, back to our regularly-scheduled programing …
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- How to TDD a database application
Think you can’t do it? You should probably read this … - 9 Ways Developers Fail to Accommodate Business
A great developer does much more than code … I personally struggle with Justification Fail and Knowledge Transfer Fail. - The 80/20 rule – the Pareto principle
I agree that there’s a “sweet spot” and we often forget about that, lose focus, and do the wrong thing. - Just another Software Engineer: Testing software quality – open your mind
The author’s first eye-opener resonates with me; it amazes me when the most basic bugs are discovered by QA — presumably because the developer step into the shoes of a tester prior to committing the code. - Test Infecting Your Team
I still hear the cries of “I don’t have time” or “it’s not worth it.” I always lobby back. Hey, there’s plenty of articles like this out there — plenty of people who believe and practice this stuff. They’re not all wrong. - An Easy 5 Step Process for Test Driven Development
I’ve heard developers ask “how can you write tests without the code first?!” Here’s a demo on how … - Agile Testing vs. Traditional Testing
I almost gave up on the video in its early parts — but don’t. If you’re struggling with Agile practices, the benefits they provide, what QA deals with, etc. then watch this.