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The benefits of WIP limits in Kanban

Agile developers complete projects faster when they limit WIP. Learn how less work in progress means more work completed and how to set up a Kanban board with WIP limitations.

By Matt Heusser • Oct. 2, 2023

Architecting beyond microservices and monoliths

A recent architectural change tied to Amazon's Prime Video service could help enterprise application teams understand their own microservices vs. monolithic architecture choices.

By Matt Heusser • Sept. 29, 2023

How to test a predictive model

Strategies for testing predictive models and analytics emphasize data quality, real-time testing and code redundancy, as well as AI and machine learning integration.

By Matt Heusser • Sept. 29, 2023

The dos and don’ts of visual testing

The visual aspect of an application is an important part of UX. Defects can potentially result in lost sales and damaged reputations.

By Gerie Owen • Sept. 28, 2023

Business Process Modeling Language (BPML)

Business Process Modeling Language (BPML) is an XML standard metalanguage used to outline business processes in an easy-to-understand way.

By Gavin Wright • Sept. 27, 2023

What to know about building microservices with ASP.NET Core

It's optimized for containerization, integrates with the cloud and works on multiple platforms. Does ASP.NET Core deserve a place in your development shop?

By Twain Taylor • Sept. 22, 2023

New Git repository faces corporate open source doubts

CI/CD pipeline vendor Harness faces two challenges as it launches Gitness: a market dominated by GitHub and GitLab as well as concerns about vendor-led open source projects.

By Beth Pariseau • Sept. 21, 2023

Collaborative coding basics and best practices

Successful collaborative coding includes teamwide situational awareness, highly effective communication, strong project management practices and strict version control.

By Tom Nolle • Sept. 20, 2023

How to develop a test data management strategy

Effective test data management in app development involves defining appropriate data, using activity diagrams to see how the code will perform, and protecting sensitive information.

By David Weldon • Sept. 18, 2023

3 critical stops on the back-end developer roadmap

When it comes to acquiring the skills needed to be a proficient back-end developer, there are no shortcuts. Some of the topics to know will be obvious, others might not be.

By Darcy DeClute • Sept. 18, 2023

What to know about GraphQL vs. REST performance

Both GraphQL and REST aim to simplify API development, but they handle data differently. Carefully consider how those differences might affect performance.

By Kerry Doyle • Sept. 15, 2023

Critical API vulnerabilities every IT team should address

Their openness, flexibility and ease of use make APIs beneficial, if not essential, to modern IT. Those same features can make APIs vulnerable to attack.

By Twain Taylor • Sept. 15, 2023

model-view-controller (MVC)

In programming, model-view-controller (MVC) is an architectural design pattern that organizes an application's logic into distinct layers, each of which carries out a specific set of tasks.

By Robert Sheldon • Sept. 12, 2023

Three-tier vs. microservices architecture: How to choose

The microservices approach is well suited to an app that needs a high level of modularity. When is the added complexity worth it, and how do you make that call?

By Chris Tozzi • Sept. 11, 2023

What is Web 3.0 (Web3)? Definition, guide and history

Web 3.0 promises a more personalized and intelligent web that uses blockchain decentralization to give control back to users. Here's how to sort through the claims and get ready.

By Sean Kerner, David Essex, Alexander Gillis • Sept. 9, 2023

Roles and responsibilities in an Agile center of excellence

A successful Agile transformation takes time and perseverance. Here's how an Agile center of excellence helps to adopt changes and adjust work processes.

By Amy Reichert • Sept. 8, 2023

Containers vs. VMs: Is the VM all that bad?

Containers and VMs are needed to build and maintain software. Containers can deploy and scale apps, while VMs are more resource-intensive and can support separate environments.

By Matt Grasberger • Sept. 7, 2023

What does a developer advocate do?

Developer advocates have a special vantage point because they talk to -- and hear from --both the people who develop a particular software product and the people who use it.

By Matt Heusser • Sept. 6, 2023

The importance of Kubernetes vulnerability scanning

New to containerization and Kubernetes? Here's what the dev team should know about container image scanning, container file scanning and Kubernetes manifest scanning.

By Michael Levan • Aug. 31, 2023

Google AI plans could spur low-code/no-code faceoff with AWS

Google's generative AI products play catch-up with Copilot and others, but the upcoming addition of Duet AI to AppSheet might fill a market gap as AWS scraps Honeycode.

By Beth Pariseau • Aug. 30, 2023

Understanding Roc: Functional and separate from the runtime

Though it's a newer programming language with a small development community, Roc is meant to be an easy-to-read language that incorporates a pure, functional programming approach.

By Kerry Doyle • Aug. 25, 2023

Better API security needed as companies modernize apps

As developers build more complex applications, the widespread use of APIs is creating significant security challenges for organizations, according to a new survey from ESG.

By Linda Tucci • Aug. 25, 2023

Unified Modeling Language (UML)

Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a standard notation for modeling real-world objects as a first step in designing an object-oriented system.

By Robert Sheldon • Aug. 22, 2023

5 essential best practices for QA teams to adopt

Performing QA duties properly should mean more than checking lists of basic application requirements. Here are five ways software QA teams can improve review processes all around.

By Gerie Owen • Aug. 16, 2023

Link rot explained: Everything you need to know

Link rot, the deterioration of hyperlinks over time, leads to broken links on the internet, data loss and other issues. Prevent and fix link rot with proper mitigation techniques.

By Kinza Yasar • Aug. 10, 2023