Test-Driven Development (TDD) — the idea that you write tests before you write any code — is one of those killer ideas that we just keep coming back to. At a technical level, most experienced software developers understand the inherent value in TDD: delivering a suite of automated tests alongside your code just feels a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘software design’
20 Oct
Rule #16: Small is beautiful.
Let’s take this in baby steps. I find myself saying that phrase to our product team a lot lately. In other words: “let’s think of the smallest possible feature we can build that addresses our customer’s need, and then let’s see if we tighten it up even more.” Working on things one-tiny-nano-step at a time [...]
25 Oct
Rule #10: Focus on people and pain, not features and functionality.
Writing great software starts with two simple questions: Who am I creating this for? How are they hurting? Focusing on people and pain helps you define why you building what you are. And understanding the why can help answer a lot of questions throughout the development process. However, many discussions in the software industry instead [...]
