Software Maintainability in New Technologies
Leveling UpEvery decade at the longest, the software development industry undergoes significant technological shifts, and these shifts make it difficult to keep delivering maintainable software....
Where is Ruby Headed in 2021?
Back-End ConferencesWhere is the Ruby language headed? At RubyConf 2021, the presentations on the language focused on type checks and performance—where performance can be subdivided...
Live Ruby Type Checking with TypeProf-IDE
Back-End ConferencesAt RubyConf 2021, TypeProf-IDE was announced. It's a Visual Studio Code integration for Ruby’s TypeProf tool to allow real-time type analysis and developer feedback....
Write What You Know
Leveling UpOne of the distinguishing features of Big Nerd Ranch I’ve seen at my time here is a focus on *recording knowledge*. On our projects,...
Six Techniques to Split Large Stories
Digital Product Development Leveling UpYou may be convinced that splitting up large stories is the right thing to do, but sometimes it seems impossible, no matter how hard...
Nine Reasons to Split Large Stories
Leveling UpIt’s very common in agile development to have the goal of keeping stories small. Sometimes splitting up a large story is easy, but other...
Testing Webpacker Apps with RSpec System Tests
Back-End Front-End Full-Stack WebRails 5.1 includes Webpacker, a build pipeline that allows using the latest and greatest JavaScript language features and frameworks, as well as system tests,...
Live Updates With Queues, WebSockets, and Push Notifications. Part 6: Push Notifications with Expo
Back-End Full-Stack Web React NativeLive updates can get your users information they need sooner, and prevent them from operating off of outdated information. To explore the topic, we'll...
Live Updates With Queues, WebSockets, and Push Notifications. Part 5: Deploying to Heroku
Back-End Full-Stack Web React NativeLive updates can get your users information they need sooner, and prevent them from operating off of outdated information. To explore the topic, we'll...
Meeting Customers Where They Are With a Multiexperience Development Strategy
Android Back-End Design Front-End Full-Stack Web iOSUsers expect to interact with your company when and how they choose to. This can include on the web, in mobile applications, via chatbots...
Live Updates With Queues, WebSockets, and Push Notifications. Part 4: Webhooks
Back-End Full-Stack Web React NativeLive updates can get your users information they need sooner, and prevent them from operating off of outdated information. To explore the topic, we'll...
Live Updates With Queues, WebSockets, and Push Notifications. Part 3: WebSockets
Back-End Full-Stack Web React NativeLive updates can get your users information they need sooner, and prevent them from operating off of outdated information. To explore the topic, we'll...
