Oh, Web Frameworks, how many of you have I installed? Let me count the directories… I’m always on the lookout for new web frameworks and tools. It’s part of my nature I guess (or maybe I need to look into that hobby thing again). That said, one thing that always seems to get me about [...]
In simple terms, code coverage is the metric that tells you how much of your application’s source code is touched by the unit tests in your test suite. It is a core measurement of success in most test-driven methodologies. There’s actually a lot more to it (as you can see in the referenced Wikipedia article). [...]
I’m not a big fan of the waterfall methodology in software development. Too much paperwork and too little development. However, as Alan Rimm-Kaufman points out, good development isn’t just about writing code… A tight interface is the first step to building a good application. For developers, the interface is your conduit to users. This is [...]
A great set of slides about the book The Pragmatic Programmer”, which an oldie but a goodie from way back in 1999. Pragmatic Programmer presentation posted: I’ve posted the slides from a presentation I gave at work to our software development team on the Pragmatic Programmer book. This collection of common-sense practices has become kind [...]
