Do We Need Unit Testing?
Published October 28th, 2008 Under Numbers | Leave a Comment
A recent Methods & Tools poll examined how organizations perform unit testing. Is it an informal activity that is done before integration if there is some time left after programming or is it the key element of the development effort? The question was: How is unit testing performed at your location? Read more
How Yahoo! International is Becoming Agile
Published October 16th, 2008 Under News, Personnal, Software Development | 1 Comment
I had the chance to assist to the Geneva stage of the Agile Tour, an itinerary French-speaking agile conference. Alexandre Boutin made a very interesting presentation about the transition to agile by Yahoo International (the non-US operations of Yahoo). Read more
New Conferences Partnerships
Published October 14th, 2008 Under Conferences | Leave a Comment
Methods & Tools is proud to have been chosen as media partner by the following software development conferences:
Apache Con 2008, November 3-7 2008, New Orleans, USA
EuroSTAR, November 10-13 2008, The Hague, Netherlands
Devoxx, December 8-12 2008, Antwerp, Belgium
Jazoon’09, June 22-25 2009, Zurich, Switzerland
Linkopedia October 2008
Published October 8th, 2008 Under Links | Leave a Comment
WSO2 is an open source software development community for Web services & SOA projects
Web Page Analyzer is a free web page analysis tool calculates page size, composition, and download time. Gives speed recommendations based on best practices for usability, HCI, and website optimization
We Vouch For… is intended to capture a “network of excellence” in which people vouch for each others’ Agile skills.
Twelve emerging best practices for adding UX work to Agile development
10 Useful articles about Database design
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70 Software Development Jobs Waiting for You
Published October 1st, 2008 Under Methods & Tools | Leave a Comment
The Software Development Jobs platform is a free board for both job seekers and employers focused on software development, testing and project management. Wether you are a java, .NET, PHP, C++ or mainframe programmer, work in software QA or are a project manager, 70 jobs are waiting for you in the USA, Canada, Belgium, Spain, The Netherlands, India or Switzerland. This board is also an excellent way for recruiters in the software development area to reach an audience of 50′000 web sites visitors.