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An Introduction to Property Based Testing
Aaron Bedra focuses on describing a system as a series of models that can be used to systematically and automatically generate input data and ensure that a code is behaving as expected.
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Reactive Systems: From Drug Development to Functional Programming
Jonathan Graham takes a look at the Reactive Manifesto and Functional Programming from the perspective of the pharmaceutical industry and the quality of the processes used to produce drugs.
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Quality Within - The Scrum Way
Owais Zahid talks about establishing quality requirements for products, including quality aspects in the definition of Done, and communicating goals with the development team.
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Why Building the Right Thing Means Building the Thing Right
Liz Keogh takes a look at why experimentation underpins everything done in technology, and why it is necessary to be able to move and change the right thing.
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Five Elements of Superior Developer Portals
Hadi Michael explores the elements commonly found on developer portals, and identifies those that consistently contribute to superior developer experiences.
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Kill the Mutants - A Better Way to Test Your Tests
Roy van Rijn explains what mutation testing is and how it works, comparing several Java frameworks (PIT, Jester, Jumble) that enable automatic mutation testing in a continuous build.
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Introduction to Java Profiling
Jerry Yoakum discusses how code profiling tools and techniques can be used to evaluate code for constructions and errors that are likely to cause problems, highlight places in need of refactoring.
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Making the Case for Review
Austin Bingham answers questions on reviews: how long should they be, what should be reviewed, how do reviews account for an increase in quality and ROI?
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Microservices: Software that Fits in Your Head
Dan North describes a model for thinking about the age of code and argues for replaceability as a first class concern, ending up with something that looks a lot like microservices.
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Beautiful Structure
Chris Chedgey explores how “locality of relationship” affects coupling, cohesion, and the width of interfaces, showing structural patterns that increase or decrease complexity.
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Opportunities to Improve System Reliability and Resilience
Donald Belcham explains how to improve a system’s reliability by using appropriate code patterns.
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The Importance of Culture - Building and Sustaining Effective Engineering Organizations
Randy Shoup discusses several important aspects of engineering cultures: hiring and retention, ownership and collaboration, quality and discipline, and learning and experimentation.