So you want to become a software development Rock Star? I had someone ask me the other day “How can I become a software development rock star?”. The only true way of course is to practice, practice, practice. But what about some easy to follow tips? I had come up with a few in the last year that I wanted to share, so I decided I would put the tips all in one place for him to read.
The 10 Commandments of Great User Experience Design
Starting a new software development project in the next little while? Praying and hoping that it goes well? Are you worrying about all the little software development intricacies like: Making sure you have a proper source control, ensuring you have a continuous integration environment, making sure you have great developers and making sure they are happy? If you are, you probably haven’t remembered to pay attention to the most important part of the software development process. The User Interface and the User Experience.
Software Development Top 30 Mistakes
I have been developing software and web applications for nearly 11 years now. Software development has come a long way since the days of Binary, Cobol, etc. What still fascinates me about software development is the same mistakes made before, are still made today. Below are the top 30 Mistakes that are made within the software development process. It’s amazing to see that none of these have anything to do with the language itself.
How To Kill Your To Do List, Developer Style!
Are you one of those people that creates to do list’s, action plans, project plans, and seems to have millions of things to do? There is actually a simple “Hack” you can use today to get your life back on track. I just finished reading David Allen’s book Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity: Books: David Allen, and have taken some great ideas from the book! I highly recommend reading it. Follow along with me on this journey to getting more stuff done than you ever imagined, developer style!
What Makes Version 1.0 Software Hard
I’m always puzzled by how hard software can be to write the first version of any software product. Software in itself is always hard, for more reasons than I can write in a blog entry. But what makes Version 1.0 so hard? I’ll give you a hint, most of it has nothing to do with your developers. It has more to do with the process of innovation.
How To Finish A Big Software Project And Be The Hero
We’ve all been there! The huge beast software project that just won’t end/die. In fact Microsoft is constantly getting themselves into this trouble. Vista, SQL Server, XP, all became these huge projects, that in the end, had to have massive features cut, and new leaders appointed to save the day and ship products! At the end of the day, if you are constantly building and building, and never shipping, you’re sunk! How do you get a big software project out of the water and become the software development hero? I’ll tell you how…
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