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How NOT to Choose a JS Framework
There are a ton of articles out there on how to choose a JavaScript framework. This article is not one of them. Instead, I’ve written this article to provide some guidance that should help you NOT choose a particular JS framework. Often, the correct choice is no JS framework at all. If you are just…
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DPL Reading List – July 20, 2018
Here are some of the articles we found this week. To See the Future of Competition, Look at Netflix – “It’s always dangerous to try to learn too much from the performance of a single organization — even the most successful companies are bound to experience setbacks and disappointments. (It wasn’t all that long ago,…
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Good Fake Data
When it comes to testing your code, good data is hard to come by. For new greenfield solutions, there often is no data. And using production data is a bad idea for a variety of reasons. But that doesn’t reduce the importance of good test data. We need good test data, and good (read: realistic)…
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DPL Reading List – July 13, 2018
Here are some of the articles we found this week. New Spectre-like attack uses speculative execution to overflow buffers – “The researchers also propose a family of hardware changes that should offer broader protection against this kind of attack. These protections may be possible to implement in a microcode update, offering a way to protect…
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The Art of Data Contract Design
At Don’t Panic Labs, we care a lot about building software that can survive the test of time. We don’t care to build software that has to be thrown away after a couple of years. That focus on building sustainable software allows us to help deliver on “enabling sustainable business agility.” The basic principle from…
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A Ride into the Future
Yesterday, I took a ride into the future. No, I wasn’t on board a time machine. I participated in a public demonstration of a self-driving shuttle in the parking lot at Nebraska Innovation Campus. The electric-powered shuttle, built by French company Navya, holds up to 15 passengers (although I only counted 11 seats) and looks…
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Vogon Poetry Follow-up: Selenium Testing
Thanks to everyone for coming to our Vogon Poetry Reading on Selenium testing on June 27th. As a follow up to that fast-paced introduction, here are a few helpful links to get you started creating your Selenium tests. SeleniumHQ – This is the home of all things Selenium. Sauce Labs: Getting Started with WebDriver in…
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DPL Reading List – July 6, 2018
Here are some of the articles we found this week. The Myth of the Intrapreneur – “Hiring a few talented individuals and hoping for the best, without changing anything about your organization, won’t cut it. Companies need a strategic plan for professionalizing and institutionalizing innovation across their organizations. This is the only way to nurture…
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Automated Testing – Executive Summary
Automated testing is something developers talk a lot about. But what is automated testing, and why is it important? Unit testing usually means testing a piece of software in isolation, away from the rest of the code base. Sometimes this entire topic falls under the broad heading of unit testing. Unit testing typically doesn’t include…
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DPL Reading List – June 29, 2018
Here are some of the articles we found this week. The Internet of Things Will Need Better Ways to Locate Stuff – “With 5G, more devices than ever will be deployed to work with little to no human supervision. The better they can talk to one another, and know where all of their fellow devices…
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