Other posts in the “Delivering high-quality software” series: 1. Delivering high-quality software – a clean code 2. Delivering high-quality software – a code review A proper process of code review is another part required to deliver software that not only “works” but also evolves correctly. Doing a code review is Read more…
Other posts in the “Delivering high-quality software” series: 1. Delivering high-quality software – a clean code 2. Delivering high-quality software – a code review Nowadays, we use the software every day and almost everywhere. We require the software to work – and to work fast. I guess we all are Read more…
IntelliJ IDEA has tons of awesome plugins which make this fantastic IDE even better. Here is my battle-tested list of plugins I use for a long time. General usage plugins Save Actions Save Actions plugin does the necessary code cleanup in the background, therefore you can forget once and for Read more…
I think everybody can agree that programming interviews can be tricky. No matter how experienced we are, our overall area of expertise is incredibly huge and it is pretty easy to fall prey to a simple question:) Still, preparing for interviews is a good way to refresh our knowledge. For Read more…
There are lots of good practices often repeated regarding the code review process, however I very rarely see anything regarding reviewing the structure and the content of commit messages. The proper history of the change is as important as the code itself and can really help to understand the purpose Read more…
There are a bunch of ways to take care of the code quality, still I think the best option is to minimize the effort and let the machine do a significant part of the work.Of course, the machine will not be able to validate our meticulously crafted class design, the Read more…
There are a bunch of tools that help in delivering a better, cleaner code. I guess most of us use Sonar for the static analysis of the code. That is awesome, especially if we integrate that with the build process or at least with the Jenkins pipeline for our development Read more…
Other posts in the “Time management tips for a happy developer” series: 1. Time management tips for a happy developer – part 1 2. Time management tips for a happy developer – part 2 In the first post, I have written a few tips that help me organize my time Read more…
Other posts in the “Time management tips for a happy developer” series: 1. Time management tips for a happy developer – part 1 2. Time management tips for a happy developer – part 2 Effective time management tips and courses are usually pretty popular in the fast-paced world today. I Read more…
Nowadays, it is difficult to count the services we have accounts for. They leak regularly and we often hear even the biggest companies are hit by severe security incidents. Big dumps of databases with unsalted password hashes go public a few times a year. We cannot prevent those incidents from Read more…