Making the Most of Code Review
Every Agile development process strongly stresses the motif that the main goal of developers should not be to concern themselves with side issues, but rather to generate working code. This allows us to implement a…
Software Development: The Process We Use
At Software Planet, we take great pride in our customer-centric development process. This is why from start to finish, a striking sense of partnership is present in all we do. Still, we recognise that for…
Integrating New Arrivals
Our customers often inquire as to how in the world our newer developers will be skilful enough to deal with our development process — and really, who can blame then? After all, how laid-back and…
Raising Giants: Our Internship Programme
How often do you take the time to invest in your future? For most of us, as life kicks into full gear, the opportunities seem fewer and farther between.Yet as many of you will also…
The Road to Continuous Deployment
Anyone experienced with traditional IT environments will probably be familiar with the age-old tension between releasing new features and guaranteeing stability. In these unfortunate circumstances, development and production teams work separately from one another, paving…
Building a Product: The Right Team
While most of our days are spent working on software projects, from time to time, we are asked by our customers to help build a product instead. This task, however, tends to come with a…
User Stories: Bridging the Gap Between Customers and Developers
When choosing a software provider to create the web or desktop solution your company needs, understanding and crafting effective user stories is indeed key for communication. However, this may be easier said than done. The gap…
Our Rapid Prototyping Process
“I am speed,” declared Lightning McQueen, the fearless red racer voiced by Owen Wilson in Pixar’s animated Cars. His psyching words are a gauging meter for the general mood in the 21st Century — when…
Why Stand-Up Meetings Matter
According to a recent study by the Michigan State University, people who spend a lot of time sitting down are often plagued by slow cognitive function, long-term memory loss and generally poor mental health. By…
Tuning into the Bigger Picture
The great Earl Nightingale once stated that people with goals succeed because they know where they are going. All too often, however, while our short-term goals are more than apparent, tugging and pulling at us…