- Introduction to the Art of Scalability
- Jun 26, 2015
- Michael T. Fisher and Martin L. Abbott introduce their book, The Art of Scalability: Scalable Web Architecture, Processes, and Organizations for the Modern Enterprise, 2nd Edition, which covers everything you need to know to smoothly scale products and services for any requirement.
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- What Went Wrong with Healthcare.gov and How Can It Be Fixed? A Suggested Reading List for Managers and Developers
- Oct 31, 2013
- Most software projects aren’t as complex as the ACA website, Healthcare.gov, but any software project can benefit from smart project management and development. Jess Johnson takes a look at some books about running a software project and recovering from failure, plus some specific guides for front-end optimization, scalability, security, testing, and refactoring to see how that advice can be applied to healthcare.gov.
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- The Clean Coder: Saying Yes
- May 31, 2011
- Professionals are not required to say yes to everything that is asked of them. However, they should work hard to find creative ways to make “yes” possible. When professionals say yes, they use the language of commitment so that there is no doubt about what they’ve promised.
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- Robert C. Martin's Clean Code Tip #12: Eliminate Boolean Arguments
- Aug 25, 2009
- We join "The Craftsman," Robert C. Martin's series on an interstellar spacecraft where programmers hone their coding skills. In this twelfth tip in the series, the crew learns that Boolean arguments loudly declare that the function does more than one thing. They are confusing and should be eliminated.
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- Robert C. Martin's Clean Code Tip of the Week #11: Output Arguments are Counterintuitive
- Jul 28, 2009
- We join "The Craftsman," Robert C. Martin's series on an interstellar spacecraft where programmers hone their coding skills. In this eleventh tip in the series, the crew learns that if your function must change the state of something, have it change the state of the object it is called on.
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- Robert C. Martin's Clean Code Tip of the Week #10: Avoid Too Many Arguments
- Jul 6, 2009
- We join "The Craftsman," Robert C. Martin's series on an interstellar spacecraft where programmers hone their coding skills. In this tenth tip in the series, the crew learns that functions should have a small number of arguments.
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- Robert C. Martin's Clean Code Tip of the Week #9: One Step Test
- Jun 12, 2009
- We join "The Craftsman," Robert C. Martin's series on an interstellar spacecraft where programmers hone their coding skills. In this ninth tip in the series, the crew learns that being able to run all the unit tests with just one command is imperative.
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- Robert C. Martin's Clean Code Tip of the Week #8: Your Build Shouldn't Require More Than One Step
- May 16, 2009
- We join "The Craftsman," Robert C. Martin's series on an interstellar spacecraft where programmers hone their coding skills. In this eighth tip in the series, the crewmen learn that building a project should be a single trivial operation.
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- Robert C. Martin's Clean Code Tip of the Week #7: Clean up Old Commented Out Code
- Mar 30, 2009
- Robert C. Martin explains why old commented-out code is an abomination.
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- Robert C. Martin's Clean Code Tip of the Week #6: Avoid Poorly Written Comments
- Feb 27, 2009
- We join "The Craftsman," Robert C. Martin's series on an interstellar spacecraft where programmers hone their coding skills. In this sixth tip in the series, the crewmen try to interpret a poorly worded comment.
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- Robert C. Martin's Clean Code Tip of the Week #5: Avoid Redundant Comments
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- Feb 18, 2009
- In this fifth tip in the series, the programmers discuss redundant comments, which describes something that adequately describes itself.
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- Robert C. Martin's Clean Code Tip of the Week #4: Avoid Obsolete Comments
- Feb 11, 2009
- A comment that has gotten old, irrelevant, and incorrect is obsolete. Obsolete comments tend to migrate away from the code they once described and become floating islands of irrelevance and misdirection.
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- Robert C. Martin's Clean Code Tip of the Week #2: The Inverse Scope Law of Function Names
- Jan 21, 2009
- The longer the scope of a function, the shorter its name should be.
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- Robert C. Martin’s Clean Code Tip of the Week #1: An Accidental Doppelgänger in Ruby
- Jan 7, 2009
- Robert C. Martin investigates an interesting dilemma: if the implementation of two functions is identical, yet their intent is completely different, is it still duplicate code?
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- What Is Clean Code?
- Aug 19, 2008
- Robert C. Martin introduces his book, Clean Code, and polls experienced programmers -- including Bjarne Stroustrup, Grady Booch, Dave Thomas, and Ward Cunningham -- on what their definition of "Clean Code" is.
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- Introduction to Process Control and Instrumentation
- Apr 18, 2003
- Welcome to the world of process control and instrumentation! Discover how to identify and classify possible control objects and variables, assess the importance of process control, sketch a process instrumentation, and much more.
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- Test Driven Development: Equality for All
- Jan 24, 2003
- Kent Beck discusses how to achieve equality using Value Objects, Dollars, and Triangulation.
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- Quality By Design, Part 1: Avoiding Rotten Code
- May 31, 2002
- We all have to face the fact that some software stinks; it doesn't work right or it just plain feels wrong. Fixing these problems is simple, but may not be easy. We have to understand the nature of software development and make sure that we allow ourselves enough time to do a good job.
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- Is Software Engineering a Good Choice for Your Product?
- Feb 8, 2002
- In order to understand whether or not software engineering is for you, read Pete McBreen's introduction to software engineering from his book, Software Craftsmanship — his answers might surprise you.
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- Software Development: Dismantling the Waterfall
- Feb 8, 2002
- Of all the ways of approaching the software development lifecycle, the waterfall is probably the worst. So why does it continue to dominate our thinking? Simple: We have failed to let everyone know how software development really works.
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