See the hardcore production developer. See her optimize. See her unit test. See her scoff at the design implementation developer, who knows nothing of optimization, who, however, can turn a thumb drive full of drawings into an application before lunch. Brunch even. See them both scoff at the prototype developer. …
With the inexorable rise of native apps, users’ minimum expectation is now for a slick, frustration free experience whenever they’re using their mobile phones or tablets. But as a web community, we continue to struggle to match the experience of using well designed native apps.
This discsussion explors what Domain-Driven Design (DDD) is and how it can help PHP developers to write better code. DDD is an approach that places attention at the heart of the application, focusing on the complexity that is intrinsic to the business domain itself. It also distinguishes the core domain …
Enterprises do not have the benefit of starting from scratch, they must implement DevOps in an existing environment, often managing heritage investments along with fast moving projects. The monitoring tools unfortunately fall into the same category. These complex, dated, and costly monitoring tools don’t meet today’s needs in providing the …
Everybody talks about responsive design. Often, the claim is to provide all functions of a website or shop on a small smartphone screen. When the project is finished, analytics show that the expectations are not met. This talk presents an approach to plan a responsive website or shop based on …
The vast majority of change initiatives fail. Fortunately we have approaches like Kanban or, in a broader context, Lean and Systems Thinking. They help us to address the challenges we face when running our change programs. We should be good. Or should we? Surprisingly enough, with the rise of Lean …
