We all know that writing code has a lot to do with logic and finding effective ways to solve problems. However, logical reasoning is easier for some than for others. But the good news is that logic is something that we can always practice and improve...
A code style guide is a set of rules, standards, or best practices that outline how your team should write, format, and organize the source code. In an ideal world, your team’s source code should look like it was written by a single person, even if h...
Developer productivity is extremely hard to measure. Several classic metrics, from lines of code and function points to burndown charts and story points, are flawed. Focusing on complexity and work remaining is not enough, and the quality of the work...
An important metric of code quality is how much of your codebase is covered by tests, as we saw in a previous article about code coverage. However, having a good code coverage score isn’t enough. The quality of your tests influences their effectiven...
<!-- wp:paragraph {"align":"justify"} --> <p class="has-text-align-justify">Cyclomatic complexity is the number of possible execution paths inside a given piece of code. As such, the fewer the paths through that code, and the less complex those paths...
Developers have been using Pull Requests to review code on branches before it reaches master for a very long time. However, this workflow is one of the most challenging and time-consuming parts of the software delivery process. Every Pull Request c...
You probably already know that code coverage tells us what percentage of our code is covered by tests. But did you know there are different coverage types and that the expressiveness of the coverage results depends on which type you choose? In this...
Cycle time is an interesting metric you should use to evaluate your team’s quality and overall efficiency of your Engineering performance. In a nutshell, it measures the time it takes for your team to complete work items once they begin working on th...
When you contribute to an open source project, you're not simply fixing a bug. Instead, you are giving something valuable to a community of developers. This can give you an incredible feeling of belonging and purpose. Plus, there is probably no bette...
