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TechCrunch+ roundup: Technical due diligence, web3’s promise, how to hire well

TechCrunch

8 questions to answer before your startup faces technical due diligence. Outsiders study multiple facets of a startup to determine its value and quality, and codebase health is one of them. After technical due diligence begins, no amount of storytelling can cover the secrets buried in GitHub and Jira.

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Daily Crunch: After glitch causes a two-hour global outage, WhatsApp restores service

TechCrunch

Emergency response services have had a big boost of data thanks to advances in connected technology, with watches that can detect when their wearers are falling down and are experiencing trauma, cars that can pinpoint where their drivers are located and home systems that can transmit important data about fires when you cannot. .”

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TDD + data driven with Jest

StubHub

During my years as developer, I have faced several troubles in production due to bugs. Because of this, I started some years ago to study how to sleep well, which came down to learning about testing my code. To avoid this, I started to learn about TDD. My first step in the testing world was doing tests after the code.

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3 Stages of Learning a New Technology

Robots and Pencils

This article describes my strategy for learning new technologies, refined over the decade or so that I’ve been working in tech. When I talk about learning a technology, I mean something pretty concrete. I wouldn’t apply it to: methodologies (TDD, agile, effective writing, etc.)

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Scrum master certification: Top 13 certs for agile pros

CIO

While Scrum can be a specific IT or tech skill, some organizations will hire a Scrum master , someone who is responsible for overseeing Scrum principles in the workplace, establishing Scrum practices, and helping others learn and understand the Scrum framework. What is a Scrum master?

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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, , or TDD, is a rapid cycle of testing, coding, and refactoring. Done well, TDD eliminates an entire class of programming errors. TDD isn’t perfect, of course. TDD is difficult to add to legacy codebases. Why TDD Works.

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Our book “Software Architecture Metrics: Case Studies to Improve the Quality of Your Architecture” is published!

Apiumhub

We are delighted to announce the release of our new book “ Software Architecture Metrics: Case Studies to Improve the Quality of Your Architecture ”. He began his professional career with a specific interest in object-oriented design issues, with deep studies in code-level and architectural-level design patterns and techniques.