API development is everywhere these days. With Microservice architectures taking off, and JavaScript frameworks needing a way to talk to their servers, writing the server-side code to be exposed through an API is ubiquitous. So when it comes to testing all these APIs to validate… Read More »Automated API Testing in Azure DevOps
Blockchain is getting a tremendous amount of buzz lately. Some say it’s the biggest technology bubble since the internet. But when you dig deeper with most pundits, they are hard pressed to explain exactly what it is and how it’s going to change the world.… Read More »DEV LUNCH: Blockchain Demystified
Application Modernization is a term that I’m almost positive you have heard of by now. Generally it is considered to be part of the broader definition of Digital Transformation. On it’s surface, App Modernization is simple. You have aging, legacy software, you need to update… Read More »7 Must Do’s for a Successful App Modernization
Domain Driven Design is getting a lot of attention in the architecture space, and why shouldn’t it? Making the focus of design on the business problem makes sense! Traditionally, we’ve had small groups of senior developers meet with an analyst, try to understand what the… Read More »Business Process Management is the basis for good Domain Driven Design (DDD)
When the product you are working on is aligned with the strategic direction of your company, and everyone can see the work as it’s being done, magic happens. The politics, the fits and starts, the constant rework, the change in priority. It all melts away.… Read More »AGILE LUNCH: Product Vision, Alignment, Transparency, Results
The cloud seems to be all anyone talks about these days; and based off of the reported earnings from the major cloud vendors, it seems like organizations are beginning to move their workloads into the cloud at a faster rate than ever. But for as… Read More »Moving to the Cloud – What Does It Mean?
In talking with people that are new to the idea of iterative and incremental development, this is often the most common thing I hear. “We can’t deploy anything until we have everything done” Of course, this raises the stakes, because you don’t get an opportunity… Read More »We have to have everything, or we can’t have anything
One thing that we learned from Google’s Project Aristotle is that the highest performing teams have a single thing in common. What is that thing, you ask? Safety. Not safety as in they are in physical danger, but a far more difficult to measure safety,… Read More »Creating team safety in 1 easy step
It’s said that the best teams can perform up to 20 times better than the average team. How can that be? Is it people? Process? Tools? What are they doing that hasn’t already been learned and exploited by everyone else. Join us for a lively,… Read More »DEV LUNCH: Secrets of High Performing Dev Teams
Both Amazon and Windows Azure now offer dozens of services upon which to build amazing technology solutions. Navigating this array of code named, ever evolving capabilities can be dizzying. And what about the promises they made to us? Reduce your data center footprint. Lower your… Read More »DEV LUNCH: Mythbusters – Cloud Edition