10 myths about Quality Assurance in software development
Everybody would agree that quality is an important part of the software development process. However, the complexity involved in delivering quality is often poorly understood and the amount of effort it requires tends to be underestimated.
Posted on December 29th, 2011
Who owns your Twitter followers? Who are they really following?
A man is being taken to court by his ex-employers in America for keeping the Twitter followers that he accumulated while working for them. This is not the first time that arguments over the ownership of social media contacts have ended up in the courts.
Posted on November 27th, 2011
Even Umbraco agree: XSLT is not an interface building tool
It seems that Umbraco are finally dropping XSLT on the next release of their CMS. About time too – it’s been a while since you could really justify using it to build web interfaces.
Posted on November 18th, 2011
Microsoft get on the HTML5 train for Visual Studio 11 and Windows 8.
All change for Microsoft developers. Again. The new Visual Studio developer preview demonstrates that Microsoft are serious about promoting HTML5 and JavaScript as a primary application development platform for Windows 8.
Posted on September 22nd, 2011
EPiServer CMS anti-patterns: common mistakes in development projects
EPiServer is a great CMS but like all platforms it has a number of traps for the unwary and inexperienced.
Posted on September 9th, 2011
What value does Gartner’s Magic Quadrant bring to a WCMS selection?
Gartner’s Magic Quadrant is frequently used as a reference point when evaluating WCMS platforms. Although the report may provide a strategic overview of a particular slice of the WCMS market, it does little to shed light on the real issues that underpin a WCMS selection.
Posted on August 19th, 2011
Making the case for code reviews
Peer review of code can be a powerful software quality assurance tool. It helps to spread knowledge, encourages readable code and helps to find bugs before your QA team do. Given the obvious benefits, why can it be so difficult to implement?
Posted on June 16th, 2011
The EU “Cookie law” is still unclear, despite UK Government advice
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has finally released some advice on how to interpret the EC’s new cookie laws. Despite the continued lack of clarity, it does look like there will have to be some improvements in the way we communicate how websites work to the people that use them.
Posted on May 8th, 2011