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3 dramatic ways to increase developer productivity

Developers work best when distractions are at a minimum, yet most organizations simply aren't doing their part to reduce them. Be brave and try these three aggressive methods.

By Zachary Flower • Sept. 21, 2020

4 alternatives to end-to-end testing microservices

Microservices architectures deserve better than end-to-end testing. See how methods like contract testing, subsystem testing and more can fill the end-to-end test void.

By Matt Heusser • Sept. 18, 2020

Google Cloud’s new app platform aims for no-code edge

Google Cloud brings low-code application development and API management to its new Business Application Platform, but robotic process automation isn't yet in the mix.

By Darryl Taft • Sept. 17, 2020

A lesson on how to test microservices locally

Microservices are small pieces of a big picture, so they're difficult to test in isolation. Use these tips to run unit and integration tests locally on microservices.

By Matt Heusser • Sept. 16, 2020

Application performance monitoring tools and metrics quiz

Sharpen your pencil; it's APM quiz time. Test your knowledge of application performance monitoring and management, including tools, systems, concepts and best practices.

By Ryan Black • Sept. 16, 2020

MVC vs. MVVM: 2 architecture patterns for modularity

Both the MVC and MVVM design patterns separate front-end and back-end application components, but each one has unique methods of interface manipulation and abstraction.

By Tom Nolle • Sept. 14, 2020

Learn the benefits of microservices orchestration

Orchestration plays a vital role in a microservices architecture, especially when it comes to communication, workload management and architecture readability.

By Priyank Gupta • Sept. 12, 2020

Oracle moves OpenJDK to Git and GitHub

As Git and GitHub gain momentum with a majority of developers, Oracle has moved the OpenJDK repository to the Git source code management system and GitHub hosting platform.

By Darryl Taft • Sept. 11, 2020

How to approach Agile team organization

Should an Agile team have an architect? Does cross-functional mean constantly changing? How do teams set velocity and quality? Get the answers to set up and lead Agile teams.

By Amy Reichert • Sept. 10, 2020

How to calculate project completion times

Good project managers deliver on schedule, despite the challenges they encounter. Become a time and resource management pro and deliver on the expected completion date.

By Lawrence Oliva, Diane Hoffman • Sept. 9, 2020

Mendix looks to change the low-code landscape

At Mendix World, low-code app dev platform provider Mendix laid out plans to build up its ecosystem of third-party low-code tools in hopes of broadening its appeal to developers.

By Darryl Taft • Sept. 3, 2020

Why development team membership should change regularly

Static development teams might be hurting your company. But too much reorganization can cause chaos. Here's how to strike a balance that keeps teams engaged and innovative.

By George Lawton • Sept. 3, 2020

Microsoft, VMware make Azure Spring Cloud GA

Azure Spring Cloud has reached general availability as a service that enables Spring Boot developers to build and run Java apps on Microsoft's Azure cloud platform.

By Darryl Taft • Sept. 2, 2020

How to craft a cloud testing strategy

As more applications and workloads ascend to the cloud, organizations need to validate performance, functionality and other metrics. Here's a primer on testing in the cloud -- and on the cloud.

By Gerie Owen • Sept. 1, 2020

Developers must consider low-code app security

Security is baked into most low-code development platforms, but developers still need to pay attention to security issues and test for vulnerabilities.

By Darryl Taft • Aug. 31, 2020

Common functional testing types explained, with examples

Not sure what to check during an integration test, or whether to combine regression and user acceptance testing? Learn what these functional test types cover, and when to do them.

By Amy Reichert • Aug. 28, 2020

The Three Ways (The Phoenix Project)

The Three Ways is a set of business principles that encourage organizations to value a corporate culture in which feedback loops are short, everyone understands how different parts of the business interrelate and employees are encouraged to continuously learn.

By Wesley Chai • Aug. 28, 2020

A primer on the clean architecture pattern and its principles

Stability is a crucial aspect of application architecture. Learn how clean architecture can straighten out your dependencies and make an app that is built to last.

By Joydip Kanjilal • Aug. 27, 2020

How Lean value stream mapping cuts delay, boosts efficiency

You have a backlog, work in short sprints, and track metrics on test coverage and defect rates -- so why does it still take so long to move code to production? Try visualizing it.

By Matt Heusser • Aug. 27, 2020

TypeScript’s co-creator speaks out on TypeScript 4.0

A co-creator of Microsoft's TypeScript programming language says TypeScript 4.0 improves developer productivity and moves toward first-class status in the JavaScript ecosystem.

By Darryl Taft • Aug. 26, 2020

The top software developer skills, tools and certifications

Now tasked with managing complex enterprise software systems, the depth of skills and breadth of knowledge needed by developers has never been more profound.

By Stephen Bigelow • Aug. 25, 2020

4 ways to minimize test automation maintenance

Test automation maintenance is inescapable. Here are four ways to reduce maintenance and ensure software testing is as effective as possible.

By Matt Grasberger • Aug. 25, 2020

Snyk, Accurics secure infrastructure as code

Snyk has introduced a new tool to help developers secure their infrastructure-as-code configurations. Accurics also upgraded its infrastructure-as-code security tool.

By Darryl Taft • Aug. 20, 2020

Orchestration vs. choreography in microservices architecture

Orchestration and choreography are related, but they each have their own role to play. Get to know the basics of these service call approaches, including the use cases for each.

By Matt Heusser • Aug. 19, 2020

Assess TestRail vs. Zephyr test management tools

TestRail and Zephyr offer test management capabilities and integrate with tools that development teams rely on, like Jira. Check out features and user reviews for each product.

By Tom Nolle • Aug. 18, 2020