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AoAD2 Practice: Test-Driven Development

James Shore

To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. Test-Driven Development. We produce high-quality code in small, verifiable steps. At best, mistakes lead to code that won’t compile. No wonder, then, that software is buggy. TDD isn’t perfect, of course. Why TDD Works.

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Software Testing and Agile

Coveros

I was with a privately held software engineering firm focused on helping organizations transform their software testing capabilities. Some were not born yet, others mid-flight in our IT careers, and still others moving toward our mature technology years. 2011–2020 and Beyond. 2011–2020 and Beyond.

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AoAD2 Practice: Continuous Integration

James Shore

To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. We keep our latest code ready to release. We keep our latest code ready to release. Most software development efforts have a hidden delay between when the team says “we’re done” and when the software is actually ready to release. Refactoring.

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AoAD2 Practice: Incident Analysis

James Shore

To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. Despite your best efforts, your software will sometimes fail to work as it should. Despite your best efforts, your software will sometimes fail to work as it should. It’s in contrast to your software system, which is the thing you’re building.) Whole Team.

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The Scaling Dilemma

LeanEssays

He led software development at Salesforce.com during its years of hyper growth, and is now SVP of Engineering at Twitter. A new release from development. A naive piece of code, the kind of thing you can’t test for. Let’s see how TOC might be applied to developing a software system. The usual.

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Lean Software Development: The Backstory

LeanEssays

Thus instead of copying lean manufacturing practices, lean product development practices must evolve from a deep understanding of fundamental lean principles adapted to a development environment. Lean Software Development: A Subset of Lean Product Development In 1975, computers were large, expensive, and rare.