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Storyboard technique for software projects

By Adam Musial-Bright : 19 February 2011 - 11:37 AM
Storytelling is a powerful way to discover, understand and plan any kind of products and services. Let's say you are planing to develop a whiteboard application, where you can manage all sort of i...
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A powers calculator - C#

By Ángel Manuel García Carmona : 14 December 2010 - 02:17 PM
In this article, i will explain how to create a powers calculator (in C#), using the Math.Pow method to calculate them. First, open Visual Studio (or C# Express Edition) and go to "File>New p...
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Strengths and Weaknesses of Novice Software Developers

By andyo : 05 December 2010 - 05:15 PM
Our observations revealed that novice software developers demonstrate a wide variety of abilities as well as deficiencies. Among their strengths are: Programming Reading and writing specifications De...
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What is the most convenient office space layout for collocated software teams?

By andyo : 02 December 2010 - 11:11 AM
This excerpt deals with an apparently simple question: what is the most convenient office space layout for collocated software teams? Intuitively, we know that space and the distance and accessibility...
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Best Practices for Developer Code Review

By andyo : 29 November 2010 - 08:22 AM
There are a million ways to do a code review, but there’s one component that’s common to all—a single developer critically examining code. So it makes sense to ask what the data tells us about d...
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Do We Need More Software Complexity Metrics?

By andyo : 26 November 2010 - 05:19 PM
Complexity is everywhere in the software life cycle: requirements, analysis, design, and of course, implementation. Complexity is usually an undesired property of software because complexity makes sof...
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How to Apply the Scientific Method to Software Engineering

By andyo : 24 November 2010 - 08:06 AM
I will begin with a distillation of our journey, a process for applying the scientific method to software engineering in an industrial environment. We called our version of the scientific method the Q...
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How Much Architecting Is Enough in Software Development?

By andyo : 10 November 2010 - 02:06 PM
This excerpt from Making Software was contributed by Dr. Barry Boehm, TRW Professor in the Computer Sciences and Industrial and Systems Engineering Departments at the University of Southern California...
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Career Choices: Start up or Established?

By chco : 17 August 2010 - 08:12 PM
When making a career decision it is important to weigh the pros and cons beforehand. The following excerpt from Being Geek helps address a common question that a software developer might face, particu...
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Presentation or Speech?

By chco : 15 August 2010 - 08:27 PM
The following excerpt from Being Geek will help you distinguish between a presentation and a speech.Developing a compelling presentation involves a series of decisions and exercises to align your head...
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