Craftsmanship

Learning Test-Driven Development (TDD) isn’t very difficult. There are only a few rules you need to follow when doing TDD. And you can find plenty of resources that teach you the basics. But it is often a big leap from learning the basic TDD exercises to applying it in your day job on real-life production software. I know it certainly was for me! So, what can you do to make that leap easier? Let’s look at a number of strategies.

How do you make your software development project a success? Make it agile, is the popular answer. And many methodologies exist that will help you do that, such as Scrum and Kanban. But those methodologies usually focus on the work process, and not so much on the technical aspects of a software project. However, these technical aspects can impact your agility in a big way. What are these technical aspects, and how do they impact your software development project? Let’s find out.

How do you keep track of your tasks as a software developer? Perhaps your team uses a Kanban board, or issue-tracking system. And personally you might have a calendar, a to-do list, or even a personal productivity system such as Getting Things Done. There are a lot of productivity apps you can download. But there is one app that hardly ever shows up in productivity app reviews. An app that keeps you in a state of flow and makes you very productive: good old Windows Notepad*.