I was able to sit down with Wendy Lea, CEO of Cintrifuse, and talk about her career, and the question how tech can be more inclusive for minorities.
A Survival Guide to Test Driven Development and Unit Testing
I have a love/hate relationship with test driven development and unit testing.
I’ve been both an ardent supporter of these “best practices,” but I’ve also been more than skeptical of their use.
One of the big problems in software development is when developers—or sometimes managers—who mean well apply “best practices” simply because they are best practices and don’t understand their reason or actual use.
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7 Common Types of Software Testing
Most developers have no clue about how testing is actually done, and how valuable the understanding of software testing basics can be for developers who really want to excel in their careers.
I owe a large amount of the success I have had in my career as a software developer to my background in testing.
Why?
Because I learned it the hard way.
All You Need To Know About Software Development Methodologies
The following is an excerpt from The Complete Software Developer’s Career Guide by John Sonmez. To get the entire book delivered to your inbox, go here.
Are you ready to put on your boxing gloves and enter the ring?
Are you ready to be confused?
Are you ready to endlessly debate semantics? To hire expensive consultants to tell you what you are doing wrong and coach your team to higher levels by getting everyone “certified?”
Well, welcome to the world of software development methodologies.
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An Interview with Wendy Pfeiffer
I was able to sit down with Wendy Pfeiffer, CIO at Nutanix, to talk about life in tech in the 80s and early 90s, her career path, and how being a woman has influenced her career.
A Magical New Workflow for Connecting Usersnap with Your Favorite Tools
Working on a website launch or software update can be pretty stressful, and sometimes chaotic. We’ve all experienced the last-minute changes, new ideas and customer requests coming in right before you hit the “publish” button.
And then there are those moments where you wonder: “Have I already told John to fix this bug?“. And “Have I followed-up with John on…“, when what you really mean is something like: “Have I forwarded this Usersnap screen to our JIRA project for John to work on?”, “Ah…btw: Is there an update from John on this other Usersnap screen?”
Luckily, there’s help on the way. With the latest update from Usersnap, questions like these are a thing of the past.
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Introducing Bulk Editing – a Fast, New Way to Manage Feedback
If you are like me you would rather try to balance a laptop, coffee mug, charger, mouse, and your notes all at once rather than walking from your desk to the conference room twice.
A similar dynamic is at work when it comes to managing feedback or planning and tracking software development processes. You want to easily prioritize and assign a task and if possible – tackle multiple tasks at once.
That’s where our new feature comes in: Bulk Editing. Bulk Editing is a fast, flexible new way for you and your team to collaborate, manage, and organize internal or external feedback.
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An Interview with Meagen Eisenberg
I was able to sit down with Meagen Eisenberg, CMO at MongoDB to talk about new ideas in SaaS Marketing, her career path, and how being a mom has made her better at her job as a CMO.
An Interview with Diana Knodel
I was able to sit down with Diana Knodel, CEO at App Camps to talk about education and coding, online learning and her experience as an entrepreneur.
An Interview with Gretchen DeKnikker
Gretchen DeKnikker, ex-COO at SaaStr and Co-Founder of Social Pandas, who now is the COO of Girl Geek X, kindly took time to share with us her thoughts on the SaaS universe, challenges startups are facing today, and her own path and experience in enterprise SaaS.