Writing enterprise software is difficult and as engineers our job is to deliver value for the business within the boundaries of time, budget and resources. Complexity is what makes it difficult for us to deliver this value; we will always have to deal with the...
The Setup While working on a Clojure application that was for production, rather than being an exercise, I saw that I was using OO programming with the syntax of Clojure. I was having problems coming back to change code that I have done not long...
Surround yourself with people who expect more from you Many studies have shown the great impact of teachers expectations on students achievements. [...] expectations exert powerful influences upon both student and teacher behavior whether the expectations come from an external source or are held internally...
Hi, This month we introduce coding challenges with video games, the history of Lisp, mastering Machine Learning and the rise of Test Impact Analysis. Enjoy! The Codurance Team P.S Missed our last newsletter? Catch up here. [Our Opinion On ... Software Craftsmanship Coaching] Demand is...
Model-View-Controller (or MVC for short) is one of the most misunderstood design patterns in software design. MVC has its origins in the SmallTalk community in the late 70s but it was only in 1988 that it was expressed as general concept in an article by...
We caught up with our Senior Craftsperson, Robert Firek, to find out more about life at Codurance, his transition from PHP to Java and why he has such a passion for DevOps. Interested in joining us? Learn more & Apply Q. Hi Robert! Tell us...
A long time ago, I met a development team which was working under big pressure by the quality team. Personally, I don’t like this kind of differences between development and quality teams, because it leads to development teams not feeling responsible for quality and to...
Many people inside and outside the Software Craftsmanship community refer to Craftsmanship as a “Metaphor” for Software Development. We ourselves often refer to Software Craftsmanship as a metaphor without thinking too much on what it means to us. Thinking deeper, and looking at our behaviours...
I participated in consultancy projects a few years ago, but they were the typical ones. We would visit a company for a few hours over several days, they gave us the information they thought was useful for us, we asked questions and more details and...
Hi, A shorter newsletter than usual (what with the holiday season). Hope you're reading this somewhere nice and warm and we'll be back as usual in September! The Codurance Team P.S Missed our last newsletter? Catch up here. What are covariance and contravariance? Stephan Boyer...
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