Web App Jump Start Comparison: Generated UI
This is the third in the author’s blog series comparing two “jump start” tools for making Java-based Web Applications: JHipster and Cuba Framework. Both these platforms create for you an application with a ton of functionality.
Web App Jump Start Comparison: Setup and Start
This is the second in the author’s blog series comparing two “jump start” tools for making Java-based Web Apps: Jhipster and Cuba Framework. To the amusement of my colleagues at Calavista, I am constantly saying how much I hate computers.
Using Alba to Test ASP.NET Services
One of our projects at Calavista right now is helping a client modernize and optimize a large .Net application, with the end goal being everything running on .Net 5 and an order of magnitude improvement in system throughput.
Web App Jump Start Comparison
One thing Calavista does very well as a company is building Web Applications from scratch. If you have a great idea for an application and you plan to bet your life savings on building a company around it, a smart move would be to find a development organization with an on-time, within-budget record of greater then 90%, such as Calavista.
Yes, Virginia, Continuous Deployment Does Have Controls and Approvals: Part 3
In my last two blogs, I went over specifics of Continuous Deployment and gave some examples of how you can enforce quality controls even though you are releasing at breakneck speeds. To finish off my series, we will dive into Dark Launches and Feature Toggling.
Software and Sourdough
My non-computer hobby since quarantine started has been making sourdough bread. I created my own starter and I’ve been making bread almost every weekend since last March. I’ve gotten pretty good at it, such that commercial bread is now unacceptable to anyone in my family.
What Can The IRS Do For You?
As you start the new year and set your goals, I suggest looking into how the IRS can actually help you. I’ve seen many cases where it has improved the user experience for key customers, built product capability beyond your team’s capacity and accomplished so much more.
Shopping for Quality- How to Ensure You’re Hiring a Company That Can Deliver
I’ve written before that most people who are looking for a software development firm to deliver code for them tend to really care about 3 things. Those things are: 1) Price, 2) Quality and, 3) Speed of delivery. There’s no surprise there – those are the things we all care a lot about in most purchases.
Software on a Budget- Charting the Least Expensive Path to a Successful Delivery
I’ve a friend who’s a software architect for a large (Fortune-100ish) financial institution. If you ask him what his company’s priorities are when working on a software project, it’s simple. The number one priority is security. Scalability is a distant 2nd. Everything else is noise.
Waterfall vs Agile
In Episode 401 of Software Engineering Radio, host Jeff Doolittle spoke with our Senior Software Architect, Jeremy Miller about his experiences with waterfall and agile software methodologies. Jeff and Jeremy spoke about the history of these methodologies, and what elements of them has been either detrimental or useful.
