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How to use statistics to improve your usability and user interface. Also how Google employs this technique to increase the number of signups to GMail.
How you can get away with sloppiness by not using unit testing, proper source control, automated testing while having a small number of customers, but as you increase in size it will hurt your organization. This article discusses why as you grow, these issues become more important to consider and why you need proper unit testing, source control, automated testing, and proper architecture of code.
Many studies have shown that there is a 10 to 1 difference between good developers and bad developers. How can you become a better developer? Well, there is many things you can do, and this is how you can improve your quality, and therefore get more return on your investment in terms of better jobs, and you can also be more selective about the jobs you take. Here are some tips to make yourself a Sharp Developer – Improve your Communication Skills, Constantly Learn and Improve Yourself, Share
Positive and negative testing complement each other. Positive testing is testing that code does what it should. Negative testing is testing that code doesn’t do what it shouldn’t. Together, you get a holistic view of your code! Come explore these concepts with us, as we deal with the well-known greatest common factor algorithm.
When you use automated testing, the question arises: how can you write tests that are independant, and don’t depend on other components (eg. database, login, etc.) working? The answer is: with mock objects.
An inside look at how Microsoft tests their code. For testing ASP.NET 2.0 and Visual Web Developer, they have ~105,000 test cases and ~505,000 functional test scenarios covered. Their team has approximately 1.4 testers for every 1 developer. Why? Because, They take quality pretty seriously at Microsoft, and because they have a lot of very hard requirements that necessitate careful planning and work to ensure high quality.
While there may be “no silver bullet” in software development, Agile Software methodologies provide a strong and compelling base from which to deal with the inherent complexities of software development.
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