Agile practices like Scrum or XP do not include a role for specialist testers, instead they assert that a team of generalists can cover all development and testing tasks. Experience has however shown that this is often not feasible nor desirable. Agile teams need the specialized skills that only specialist …
This talk explores the advantages and unique opportunities of developing with JavaScript not just on the client-side, but on the server-side as well. These benefits are: * Real world benefits of the absence of context-switching seen in production * The differences between developing only for V8 and developing for all …
A mobile device could be used like a laptop, but has quite different characteristics: memory, battery, connectivity, screen real-estate, processing power. All this makes writing a mobile application a different type of challenge and requires a different set of design patterns. This presentation identifies a few common patterns that can …
Software development requires the proper use of tools, practices, and settings to eliminate the tedium involved with creating quality software. From the individual developer to a large distributed team, there are many tips, tricks, and shortcuts that can save seconds, minutes, or even hours every day. By using the proper …
Tis presentation details how to incorporate security checks into the software development process for PHP applications. It also steps through the implementation and caveats of a security audit.
The Metro design language is becoming an intrinsic part of the Microsoft user experience. Already, we can find it on Zune (where it all started), Windows Phone 7 (where it was refined and perfected), Xbox, Windows 8, as well as on the Microsoft.com website. This session dives into the history …
