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Records in C# 9

In this article, Tugce Özdeger talks about Records, a new reference type introduced in C# 9 that provides built-in functionality for encapsulating data. The article shows the potential benefits and advantages of using records and how developers can use them in their applications, with code examples and comparisons with classes and structs.

Tugce Ozdeger
on Oct 27, 2021
Culture & Methods

People, Not Screens: Why Soul-Based Leadership Will Change the Nature of Remote and Hybrid Work

Virtual, remote, or hybrid work is the main leadership challenge of our time. Leaders should focus on bringing out humaneness and people's desire to be seen and heard in respectful and appreciative ways. Soul-based leadership is built on neuroscience and other ways of knowing inspired by eastern philosophies in which aliveness is at the heart of awareness, stillness and calm.

Karen Sobel Lojeski
on Oct 25, 2021
Culture & Methods

Promoting Creativity in Software Development with the Kaizen Method

As employers struggle to hire and retain qualified talent in high-tech, SenecaGlobal is using the Kaizen method of continuous improvements by implementing small, positive changes to its culture encouraging innovation and recognition among employees. When applied to software development, Kaizen aims to produce zero-defect code and/or work(flow) processes that exceed client satisfaction metrics.

Sarma Manthravadi
on Oct 22, 2021
Architecture & Design

Building Tech at Presidential Scale

Dan Woods discusses the unique challenges of building and running tech for a presidential cycle. Woods also describes how ML was applied at foundational points to reduce operating costs and some of the architectural choices made.

Dan Woods
on Oct 21, 2021
Culture & Methods

Takeoff: What Software Development Can Learn from Aviation

A lot of professions have been around way longer than software development and have developed "best practices" to handle typical problems and challenges. Software developers can benefit from taking a closer look at aircraft maintenance or a pilot’s processes to learn from them, optimize our processes. and last but not least, try to reduce some of the stress that we experience over and over again.

Christian Seifert
on Oct 21, 2021
DevOps

Application Security Manager: Developer or Security Officer?

The role of the Application Security Manager (ASM) should be the driving force of the overall code review process. An ASM should know about development processes, information security principles, and have solid technical skills. To get a good ASM you can either use experts from a service provider or grow an in-house professional from developers or security specialists.

Daniil Chernov
on Oct 20, 2021
Culture & Methods

Developer Learning Isn’t Just Important, It’s Imperative

Every industry leader worries about the scarcity of high-quality software engineers. That means companies feel serious pressure to constantly hire new and better developers. But rather than looking externally for a solution, what if companies looked internally? Here’s the reality: meaningful developer learning helps companies convert silver medalists into gold medalists.

Fahim ul Haq
on Oct 19, 2021
.NET

Present and Future of Xamarin Community Toolkit: Q&A with Gerald Versluis

Xamarin.Forms is evolving into .NET MAUI; the Xamarin Community Toolkit is also preparing for the transition. In this Q&A, InfoQ decided to interview Gerald Versluis. He is a software engineer at Microsoft from the Netherlands. In this interview, we will talk about Xamarin Community Toolkit, MAUI transition, and their future roadmap.

Almir Vuk Gerald Versluis
on Oct 18, 2021
Development

Engineering Digital Transformation for Continuous Improvement

Engineering The Digital transformation leverages manufacturing's successful track record of improving productivity and quality and organizational change management principles. It's a training program designed to reduce the barriers to change, enable teams to understand good design patterns, and ultimately allow organizations to create a systematic approach to continuous improvement.

Gary Gruver
on Oct 16, 2021
DevOps

Why the Future of Monitoring Is Agentless

Traditionally, monitoring software has relied heavily on agent-based approaches for extracting telemetry data from systems. Observability requires better telemetry than agents currently provide. OpenTelemetry is driving advances in this area by creating a standard format and APIs to create, transmit, and store telemetry data. This unlocks new opportunities in observability.

Austin Parker
on Oct 15, 2021
Architecture & Design

Soulful Socio-Technical Architecture

Happy developers make happy customers and stakeholders. Authority is ineffective with competent and knowledgeable teams. Socio-technical systems design provides a new worldview of what constitutes quality of working life and humanism at work. To create a magic environment where the soul of our teams can thrive, we need to create the conditions for strong relationships to develop and flourish.

Marco Consolaro
on Oct 14, 2021
Mobile

Mobile DevSecOps Is the Road to Mobile Security

In this article, I’ll discuss some of the most common security deficiencies in mobile apps and explain the potential risks to consumers, app developers, and brands, as well how to break the cycle of poor app security, using automated, rapid, continuous, and iterative deployment.

Alan Bavosa
on Oct 13, 2021