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📅 March 2, 2020 Special Topics ⏱ 2 minutes read

Best Practice Urban Legends – Not Quite the Best

Urban legends cover a broad range of topics and often have a feel of being correct, even when they are not. This phenomenon is not restricted to saying “Beetle Juice” three times. There are…

📅 February 28, 2020 Special Topics ⏱ 2 minutes read

The Cost of The Right Decision – Is It Worth It?

Software developers and designers are often asked for a recommendation to approach a solution. The implication is that we know the right decision. We often join in on this assumption and will debate or…

📅 February 27, 2020 Integrate Testing Into Your Development Flow ⏱ 2 minutes read

TestNG Testing Types: A Comprehensive Look Into How To Use Them

Welcome to the next episode in our new series “Integrating testing into your development flow”. Today we are going to be looking at “TestNG Testing Types: A Comprehensive Look Into How To Use Them”.…

📅 February 26, 2020 Software Architecture From Scratch ⏱ 3 minutes read

Software Architecture Deliverables – Provide The Story

It is time to end another season. At this point, we need to revisit the idea of software architecture deliverables. In particular, we should spend some time thinking about how we communicate our architecture.…

📅 February 24, 2020 Software Architecture From Scratch ⏱ 3 minutes read

Software Architecture Best Practices – Essential Ideas

It is time to wrap up the season of software architecture from scratch. We have covered a broad range of topics and now are able to look over them as a whole. There are…

📅 February 21, 2020 Software Architecture From Scratch ⏱ 3 minutes read

Middle Tier Architecture – Designing The Business Rules

We have looked at a broad range of topics this season. However, it is time for us to tackle the middle tier architecture. Thus, we need to consider process steps (or flow) and look…

📅 February 20, 2020 Integrate Testing Into Your Development Flow ⏱ 3 minutes read

TestNG: A Walkthrough Of How It Works And Getting Started

Welcome to the next episode in our new series “Integrating testing into your development flow”. Today we are going to be looking at “TestNG: A Walkthrough Of How It Works And Getting Started”. In…

📅 February 19, 2020 Software Architecture From Scratch ⏱ 3 minutes read

Architectural Documentation – Communicate Your Decisions

At some point in your project, architectural documentation becomes an essential piece of the deliverables. This material is often a set of diagrams and bullet points. However, there is more that we need to…

📅 February 17, 2020 Software Architecture From Scratch ⏱ 2 minutes read

Cohesion or Coupling – Essential Architecture Decisions

A critical design decision in the object-oriented world is whether to choose cohesion or coupling. These two approaches are not mutually exclusive. However, it is rare to see a mix of the two. Therefore,…

📅 February 14, 2020 Software Architecture From Scratch ⏱ 2 minutes read

Class Architecture And General Grouping of Features

Object names and namespaces are just the beginning of creating a class architecture. We need to consider globally available values, data hiding, abstraction, and how to group features. The old “is-a” and “has-a” questions…