Rick Tonoli

Tag: quality

  • What is code quality ?

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    So starting the new jobs has given me the opportunity to take a fresh look at software and how it should be approached. One of the questions that I have been pondering on alot is “What is code quality ?”  Is it code that’s well documented ? Is it code that follows some sort of…

  • Software Craftsmanship…

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    Manifesto for Software Craftsmanship I think this is long in the making and something that’s sorely needed in the industry. Too many people are getting away with too much these days. People call themselves “senior developers” but don’t have a clue when it comes to writing well understood and valuable code. Too many people entering…

  • Qaulity Driven Development?

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    I read an interesting post on Mike Cohn’s blog entitled A Requirements Challenge regarding a meeting he had with Tom and Kai Gilb. In short, from what I can tell, it centers around the idea that, as software engineers, we hardly ever, if ever at all, build new functions, but that we inevitably end up…