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DPL Reading List – September 2, 2016
Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. 10 Tips Guaranteed to Improve Your Startup Success (Thanks to Jarrod Wubbels for recommending this article) – “Having had the good fortune to work with many entrepreneurs and get a front-row seat to see their success, I thought it’d be valuable…
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Managing Azure WebJobs with Base Classes
Azure AppService is my go-to when I want to create cloud-based applications. I have no desire to set up or administer a VM. Sometimes, though, you just need a service that quietly does its job in the background. That’s why I love WebJobs. However, I found myself in the situation where I needed a WebJob…
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DPL Reading List – August 26, 2016
Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. The 40 Best Places To Learn Something New Every Day – “Today, the worlds of learning and personal or professional development are literally at your fingertips. The open learning movement has made the opportunity to get smarter in your spare time…
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Funability, Part 2 – Leverage Your Leadership Roles
Note: This post was co-authored by Chad Michel. The rest of this 5-part series can be found here: Part 1 – What and Why Part 3 – Maximizing Productivity Part 4 – Processes Can Be Fun Part 5 – A Layered Approach To Quality In our previous post we covered how we think software development…
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DPL Reading List – August 19, 2016
Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. What I Learned Working With Jony Ive’s Team On The Apple Watch – “The heart rate sensors on the Apple Watch we know today are the creation of Messerschmidt and his team. Because health and wellness are perhaps the main use…
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DPL Reading List – August 12, 2016
Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. One Voice, Many Hands (Thanks to Jarrod Wubbels for recommending this article) – “You want a strong voice for your company. Not as in overbearing. Strong as in consistent. Strong, like boisterous. Able to take on many tones and tasks, and…
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Automated UI Testing Using TestStack.White and Continuous Integration with TeamCity
One of the things that our development approach at DPL allows us to do is to have a very low ratio of QA testers per software engineer. Our architecture designs and patterns provide for very isolatable and testable components, allowing us to reach high coverage numbers in most areas of our code. However, one area…
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DPL Reading List – August 5, 2016
Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Dark Patterns Are Designed To Trick You (And They’re All Over The Web) (Thanks to Matt Will for recommending this article) – “After looking closely at a bank statement or cable bill, suddenly a small, unrecognizable charge appears. Fine print sleuthing…
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Hari’s Favorite Visual Studio Shortcuts
I’ve always wanted to write a blog post containing my favorite Visual Studio keyboard shortcuts. However, this guy beat me to it. But that’s okay because I learned a few tricks that I didn’t know. Of course there many useful shortcuts than the six he mentioned. Here are some that I use all the time:…
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DPL Reading List – July 29, 2016
Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Straightforward Tactics For Testing Minimum Viable Products (Thanks to Jarrod Wubbels for recommending this article) – “In some ways, building an MVP actually creates additional work because this process of iteration and validated learning requires significant investment of time and energy….
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