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Monthly Archives: December 2020

Look for the right behavior.

Test for required behavior, not the specific implementation.

Posted byfooyayDecember 31, 2020November 23, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:behavior, testsLeave a comment on Look for the right behavior.

Code with friends.

Don’t work in isolation.

Posted byfooyayDecember 30, 2020November 23, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:best practices, collaboration, teamworkLeave a comment on Code with friends.

Business words make better names.

Use domain-specific types.

Posted byfooyayDecember 29, 2020November 23, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:clean code, domain objectLeave a comment on Business words make better names.

Learn the adapter pattern.

You’re going to need an adapter.

Posted byfooyayDecember 28, 2020November 23, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:adapter, apis, patternsLeave a comment on Learn the adapter pattern.

Don’t make bugs to hide bugs.

Watch out for bugs that have legacy workarounds.

Posted byfooyayDecember 24, 2020November 23, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:bugs, testsLeave a comment on Don’t make bugs to hide bugs.

Use fat models.

Move your business logic down to your models.

Posted byfooyayDecember 23, 2020November 20, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:business models, MVC, simplicityLeave a comment on Use fat models.

Use thin controllers.

Some guidelines for the MVC technique.

Posted byfooyayDecember 22, 2020November 20, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:controller, MVC, simplicityLeave a comment on Use thin controllers.

Take engineering seriously.

How things are built is important.

Posted byfooyayDecember 21, 2020November 20, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:best practices, quality, software engineeringLeave a comment on Take engineering seriously.

Automate repetitive tasks.

Robots are your friends.

Posted byfooyayDecember 18, 2020November 20, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:automation, robots, scriptLeave a comment on Automate repetitive tasks.

Don’t log personally identifiable information (PII).

It pays to be more secure.

Posted byfooyayDecember 17, 2020November 20, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:code review, logs, pii, securityLeave a comment on Don’t log personally identifiable information (PII).

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