Definition: Courtesy of Wikipedia, A hackathon (also known as a hack day, hackfest or codefest) is a design sprint-like event in which computer programmers and others involved in software development, including graphic designers, interface designers, project managers, and others, often including subject-matter-experts, collaborate intensively on software projects.[1] The goal of a hackathon is to create usable software or hardware with the goal of creating a functioning product by the end…
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Code Review Checklist
Code reviews are necessary to ensure your application is consistent. We live in an age of copy-and-paste craftsmen, so making sure that the bits that do get copied are correct is imperative for this approach to keep on working! There are many articles out there telling you why code reviews are important, why you should…
Code Talk - September
It’s that time of the month again. Here are the most interesting posts I’ve found on the web this month. Happy reading. Planning doesn’t have to be the enemy of agile https://hbr.org/2018/09/planning-doesnt-have-to-be-the-enemy-of-agile Most tech companies will now follow an agile approach to their development cycle. Planning is an important cornerstone of management, and coordinating and…
#CodeTalk - GitHub Acquisition - Free eBook & How to Drive Innovation in the Workplace
So… Microsoft has officially bought GitHub for $7.5 billion! How will this affect VSTS and Microsoft’s current source control solution? Do you feel this is a good move for Microsoft and the open source community as a whole? Some believe this is Microsoft going back to it’s roots, moving away from manufacturing etc and back…
Google HashCode Programming Competition 2017
This week is the latest iteration of the yearly Google HashCode event. Google ask developers from all across Europe, Africa and the Middle East to take part in a simultaneous programming competition. It begins at 18:30GMT on Thursday 23rd February with an online qualification round. The best teams from this will then be invited to…
#CodeTalk - AngularJs2, Jquery 3, SPA’s and GITHub
This CodeTalk is jam packed full of great articles! Focused on front end web application development. With these languages there is a potential to create an SPA application using Angular, JQuery and GitHub as Source Control.
That’s a pretty popular development pattern at the moment so I wanted to delve into each a little bit more and hopefully inspire others to research more on the topics if that’s your cup of tea.