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Straight to the Source (Code): Getting up to Speed on New Libraries

When you're getting up to speed on a new open-source library, the key to your success comes straight from the source — reading.

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Four Techniques for Making Sense of Legacy Code

Are you faced with the task of reading, understanding, or even rewriting legacy code? If so, these methods may help you in your quest!

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Three Ways to Use Emoji for Faster Debugging

Emoji can help you improve debug print statements and understand what areas of the code are being hit in a quick and easy-to-read way.

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Lessons Learned from Deploying Outside my Comfort Zone

When deployment went out of our hands, I learned how our pipeline actually worked, how inflexible our environment was, and how much better my documentation could be.

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Keep Your Product Owner in the Loop with Intermediate Deliverables

With intermediate deliverables, you can help your product owner really see the value you've delivered and evaluate it usefully against their requirements.

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The Hazards of Transactional Test Isolation

Although using database transactions to isolate your test suite is appealing, there are some important caveats to consider.

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Bake Production Testing into Your Application

Add hooks and displays to your system that can be used to test that a production environment has been configured correctly.

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“Well, I’m not a designer…” – Five Ideas for Devs Making Design Decisions

Learn just enough to iterate a design quickly, use established styles, and put in a bit of effort on every piece. And you can dramatically increase your product quality.

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Output Buffering in PHP

How to separate application logic from view templates in PHP using output buffering, and why it can make your code easier to work with.

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Organization Patterns for Writing Better Web Acceptance Tests

Following a well-defined pattern for my web app acceptance test suite has helped me write tests quicker and clearly document the software's capabilities.

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Answering “How Long Will This Take?” and Other Impossible Questions

Even if you have many unknown variables, plugging in a made-up number can help avoid analysis paralysis. Find the rough bounds of your problem and start making progress.

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How to Ensure a Successful Mobile App Release

A smooth mobile app release should include several kinds of testing, Alpha and Beta distribution, and phased rollouts.

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