Behind the Scene: Discovering Change (#10)

Reading time: 2 minutesArguably, the most important aspect of agile is change. Indeed, agility can be understood as moving from one way of work to another. From doing something planned that is potentially useless, to doing something unexpected but surely useful. In order to achieve change, you must first discover what you can do differently for your next action. Discovering the needed change is usually painful. People are used to doing things in …

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Behind the Scene: The Right Tool for the Job – Multiple Language Development (#9)

Reading time: 2 minutesIn our previous blog post we have seen how each language in a multiple language development environment has its own culture and how this culture can transcend into other languages. This borrowing of philosophy is a great way to enhance both your spoken language capabilities as well as your programming language skills. Using the right programming language for the right task can be a powerful asset. Each programming language is …

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Behind the Scene: Polyglot Programmer – Multiple Language Development (#8)

Reading time: 2 minutesMost frequently, programming languages are compared to one of two things: spoken languages or professional tools. Today we will analyze the former, and make an analogy between programming and spoken languages. This will allow us to see the advantages and challenges of polyglotism in programming, or multi-language software development. Spoken languages identify groups of people that belong together. In our society these groups are usually, but not necessary, nations. People …

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Behind the Scene: Agile by Responding to Change (#7)

Reading time: 2 minutesThe forth principle of the Agile Manifesto tells us that we should value “Responding to change over following a plan”. This seems pretty strait forward, right? If a client wants a specific feature we implement it, if he wants something else, we do that too. It should be the perfect way to work. We are not subject to any plan, instead we just react to whatever changes the client wants. …

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Behind the Scene: The Art of Programming (#6)

Reading time: 1 minuteProgramming is many times referred to as an art form. While I do not completely share this vision, I can’t help but recognize an important aspect that is found both in programming and in art. Art is unselfish, benevolent. An artist crafts his piece to offer joy for others. He produces pleasure for the people observing or admiring the end result of his work. A team of programmers are like …

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