Here is a list of software development related conferences and events on Agile ( Scrum, Lean, Kanban), software testing and software quality, software architecture, programming (Java, .NET, JavaScript, Ruby, Python, PHP) and databases (NoSQL, MySQL, etc.) that will take place in the coming weeks and that have media partnerships with the Methods & Tools software development magazine.

Here is our monthly selection of interesting knowledge material on programming, software testing and project management. This month you will find some interesting information and opinions about software and system modeling, programmer psychology, managing priorities, improving software architecture, technical user stories, free tools for Scrum, coding culture and integrating UX in Agile approaches.

The worrying thing about writing tests is that there are numerous accounts of people introducing tests into their development process and.. ending up with even more junk code to support than they had to begin with! Why? I guess, mainly because they lacked the knowledge and understanding needed to write good tests: tests, that is, that will be an asset, not a burden.

Here is a list of software development related conferences and events on Agile ( Scrum, Lean, Kanban), software testing and software quality, software architecture, programming (Java, .NET, JavaScript, Ruby, Python, PHP) and databases (NoSQL, MySQL, etc.) that will take place in the coming weeks and that have media partnerships with the Methods & Tools software development magazine.

Principles Trump Diagrams. Most of the problems in using the 1988 spiral model stemmed from users looking at the diagram and constructing processes that had nothing to do with the underlying concepts. This is true of many process models: people just adopt the diagram and neglect the principles that need to be respected.

Here is our monthly selection of interesting knowledge material on programming, software testing and project management. This month you will find some interesting information and opinions about managing software developers, software architecture, Agile testing, product owner patterns, mobile testing, continuous improvement, project planning and technical debt.

When software features are distributed on multiple infrastructures (server, mobile, cloud) that needs to communicate and synchronize, having a sound and reactive software architecture is a key for success and evolution of business functions.