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Andrew’s software engineering blog

Blog Posts by Category

Coding and Design

• When is it appropriate to refactor previously existing code?
• How much upfront design should be done before coding?
• To what extent should we consider future potential use cases when doing design?
• Object Graph Construction Recommendations
• Test-Driven-Development Recommendations
• Code Documentation Recommendations
• Additional Coding Recommendations

Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery

• Version Control Branching Strategy Recommendations
• Local and Ci-Server Build Recommendations

Pair Programming

• Pair Programming: is it worth it?
• Maximizing the return on investment of pair programming

Planning

• Horizontal vs Vertical Slicing
• Prioritization
• Release Planning
• Sprint Planning

Teams

• Feature teams vs component teams-which one is better?
• When should a component team be used?
• To what extent should team members generalize or specialize?

Soft Skills

• Professionalism
• Social Skills
• How to prepare for and give presentations

Miscellaneous

• Defect Management Recommendations
• Technical Debt Recommendations
• Scrum vs Kanban: When to use which?
• Additional Scrum Recommendations
• Completed Reading List and Recommended Readings