Code Review & Analysis
Our Code Review Process: More than Quality Assurance
Just like writers during the editing process, programmers review each other’s work, provide feedback, and work together to create a more refined, higher-quality end product. At a basic level, this process helps ensure code quality and brings potential defects to the surface. More than that, it helps developers transfer and grow knowledge, resulting in continuously…
Read More10 Signs Your Custom Software is in Trouble
Does this sound like your company? Customer Support call volume has increased because users are having trouble navigating your website or app. Marketing is frustrated be the inability to make changes to customer-facing applications quickly and easily. Sales is frustrated by crashing or poorly performing demos. If you’re receiving complaints from customers and departments across…
Read More10 Signs Your Packaged Software is Sabotaging Your Business And 5 Questions to Ask
The “build vs. buy” question is one that is challenging for many organizations, especially those who do not consider themselves software development firms. Given the increasing reliance of all businesses on being “smarter” and more efficient than its competitors, pretty much all companies today need to consider that there may be times where “building” something…
Read MorePaying Down Technical Debt
What Is Technical Debt? Technical Debt, also known as design debt or code debt, is the conceptualization of the potential or definitive cost incurred from prioritizing a fast delivery over code quality. We often think about this in terms of a monetary value but cost in this case can also be represented by work hours,…
Read MoreDoes Your Code Smell?
“In computer programming, a code smell is any characteristic in the code that potentially indicates a deeper problem … Code smells are usually not bugs; they are not technically incorrect and do not prevent the program from functioning. Instead, they indicate weaknesses in design that may slow down development or increase the risk of bugs…
Read MoreThe Gnar Quality Software, Faster™ Process
Thanks to our decades of enterprise-level software engineering experience and deep product development expertise, we have evolved a development process that enables us to successfully deliver high-quality code at a breakneck pace that we call the Quality Software, Faster process (QSF). Here’s how we do it: Kickoff Meeting Every software development project should begin…
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