What is a Product Backlog in Agile Development
If you are applying Agile, then there will be a product backlog. There are many ways to apply Agile, but most of them will revolve around a product backlog.
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3 Things You Should Know Without the Help from an IDE
We live in a time where software makes software development so much faster and simpler. Writing a simple hello world program in C++ is as simple as installing an IDE (integrated development environment), write a cout statement and then press build. The IDE makes the process nice and simple, but […]
What Is Kanban and What You Need To Know
Kanban is a loosely defined methodology. It is based more on principles than on instructions.
What Is Agile and What You Need to Know
Agile is a big game changer to how we develop software. Before Agile, most development projects were using some form of waterfall whether they realized it or not. What this means is that they were building software sequentially, going from one phase to the next. So, at this point, you’re […]
What Is Waterfall Methodology and What You Need to Know
There are many ways to organize the workflow of software development. You might have already encountered a few of them, but not realize it. Maybe you do, but don’t know what the name for it is.
Why You Should Use Version Control
Version control has a love-hate relationship with most developers. Regardless, it is safe to say most developers will agree with that version control is important for any complex software. There are numerous benefits to using version control that outweighs the negatives.
What You Should Probably Know About Testing
Many software developers have no clue about how testing is actually done. They write the code, make sure it builds, and hand it over to testers or QA (Quality Assurance). The testers put the application through a series of test and give the developers a report on the issues and bugs […]
Why You Should Know About Databases
Producing working software involves more than writing code. Most software applications require some form of data storage. And guess what, these data storages do not magically appear; they need to be built, tested, and deployed somewhere.
Multitasking Software Projects Is Harmful
Most of us want to be more productive. As a result, one of the common mistakes that you might end up making is to multitask. Intuitively it makes sense that if you are doing more than one thing at a time then you will get more done. Sadly, that is […]