Posts By: chris.k
Chris / March 16, 2016
Clean Code Series: Part 6 – Teamwork Makes Clean Code Work
I have some earth-shattering news to share… Software Engineering is hard. Expectations for Software Engineers (as opposed to programmers) are high. We’re expected to have an ever-broadening spectrum of knowledge, and to be able to…
Chris / March 9, 2016
Clean Code Series: Part 5 – Does Testing Really Make You Go Faster?
We’ve talked about how Clean Code leads to better naming and focused functions. Both have a huge impact on how quickly the development team can respond to change. But there’s another piece, without which, the…
Chris / February 17, 2016
Clean Code Series: Part 2 – Why Clean Code is Important
Clean Code is important for developers and managers. Last week in our post about the difference between programmers and engineers, we made the argument that software engineers – not programmers – are what we need…
Chris / February 11, 2016
Clean Code Series: Part 1 – The Difference Between Programmers and Software Engineers
Programmers: stop calling yourselves engineers. That was the title of an article I found myself reading a couple months ago. Of its many points about the difference between programmers and software engineers, I summarize them…
Chris / January 20, 2016
Continuous Delivery: Orchestrating Your Testing Suite
This week one of BTI360’s very own was part of a featured panel discussing Testing for Continuous Delivery hosted by Electric Cloud. In the discussion, Chris talks about: Evolving a test matrix as part of…
Chris / September 16, 2015
Continuous Delivery Testing: Part 4 – Efficiency for All
Last time, we saw how to make each test target it’s audience effectively. This was important because different audiences have different needs. So we should address those needs individually, in separate stages of our continuous delivery…
Chris / September 9, 2015
Continuous Delivery Testing: Part 3 – Know Thy Audience
Last time, we talked about how to write tests that don’t impede our continuous delivery pipeline. Today, we’ll start the discussion on how to make our pipeline effective for all stakeholders. Different types of tests…
