Ask two people the definition of DevOps these days and if you get fewer than five answers, you are doing well. My casual definition of DevOps is “a culture around how software is developed and delivered into production operations.” That does not mean everyone does it the same way. One primary and fundamental characteristic of…
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Data obfuscation is a term that every developer should comprehend and implement into every project. Obfuscation refers to the act of making something appear different from its actual form. To a security-aware developer, the term refers to any method used when hiding the actual value of a data object. In the realm of software testing,…
Deploying software is a bit like opening the curtain on a Broadway play. By the time the lights dim and the curtain rises, the audience sees a well-oiled machine—not to mention the product of months of practice and preparation. Likewise, software has to go through heavy deployment testing before it reaches the public so that…
Without JavaScript, your page is nothing more than a boring, lifeless static document. With JavaScript, you can create user interfaces that react to the user actions, bringing movement and interaction, which creates a richer user experience. Thus, we can consider JavaScript to be the soul of a website. If JavaScript is so important, you should…
BDD is a software development methodology that fosters collaboration between technical and nontechnical participants of the software development process. Since its introduction in 2006, many teams and organizations around the world have adopted the methodology. Developers have created BDD tools for most mainstream languages. JavaScript is certainly no exception. Being the most important language in…
ES2015 (ES6) added several new data structures. While Map and Set are more straightforward, ES2015 also added “weak collections” like WeakMap and WeakSet. In this post we’ll go over why maps were added, what’s “weak” about a WeakMap and when one might want to use it. What we did before maps JavaScript has had object…
In today’s political climate, automation is a hot topic that is quickly dividing people across the country. While there’s no denying automation is the way of the future, many people are hesitant that this new technology will mean less jobs for the average workers. That being said, automation isn’t all bad! There are a lot…
According to the US Software Engineering Institute, 50% of defects are due to bad specifications. Are you managing a software team or responsible for looking at their end-to-end delivery processes holistically? Then, join this round-table discussion with Sam Hatoum, CEO of Xolv.io as he shares how he’s implemented proper specifications throughout projects he’s worked on…
“If it’s worth building, it’s worth testing” — Kent Beck, pioneer of Test Driven Development Imagine this situation. It is 4:45 pm on a Friday afternoon, and a new feature on the company’s web application for generating sales reports is pushed to production. At 11:30 pm that night, the lead developer gets a frantic call…
Testing is one of the key processes in software development. As the requirements to support multiple browsers and devices increases, it is driving the demand to automate the functional testing of applications. While teams embark on their DevOps transformational journeys, the handoffs between traditional application lifecycle silos begin to dismantle, enabling a continuous process of…