Questions tagged [development-process]
For questions relating to the process of developing software.
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development environment for C++ GUI applications
I am currently developing some C++ GUI application using wxWidgets (although the GUI framework doesn't really matter here) and thus far have been developing this on my own, which was working well. ...
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Waiting until end of project to remove commented out code, remove unused code, and resolve compiler warnings
A co-worker of mine is working on project solo but would still like to have other team members review their code upon reaching certain milestones. Unfortunately, they also want to wait until the end ...
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Static types and dependencies in trunk-based development
There're certain things in code that can't be conditional. Two very common examples:
static types
dependencies.
You can't naturally enable/disable a feature that implies a new dependency or a new ...
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Is branch-per-release trunk-based development incompatible with semantic versioning?
For the purposes of this question it will be assumed that the conventional commits spec is used as a version driver for semantic versioning.
Given a project is in active development. Releases are ...
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Combination of SDLC models [closed]
I have a problem where our current SDLC model is the V-model which is great for its verification/validation of all phases, but lacks the support for iterations.
Spiral model on the other hand has ...
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Database versioning when testing layered design
Let's say there are two layers of an application:
Business logic layer
Data access layer
Assume integration tests need to be written also for the Business logic layer. Alas tests that run against ...
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Should PR reviews check for code correctness?
When doing PR reviews, should the reviewer be checking that the code is correct (e.g. the logic is correct, etc.) or should the only focus be higher level concepts (e.g. architectural/functional/etc.)?...
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How to develop using a microservices architecture knowing services should not share data?
I currently have a monolithic web application.
Some API calls need a lot of processing resources and I would like to take that part out of my "backend" monolith and put it in its own service....
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How can I favor quick (and dirty) over clean (and slow) in practice?
Preface, TL;DR
This question is about the implied tradeoff between the speed of development and the quality of code.
I am looking for methodologies which can be followed in order to optimize ...
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How can I create a workflow for physical unit safety in Python?
I work for an engineering firm which builds most of our physics models in Excel with VBA. For myself and many other younger mechanical engineers in the company, this is not a good solution - we grew ...
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Should I check the ownership of every "somethig_id" fields from a POST request?
I have an endpoint API for a POST request in a multi-tenant application, let's say it is for a Payment, where we have to store these fields:
tenant_id (this is the account owner)
amount
date
payer_id ...
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Publishing packages for personal and commercial use [closed]
I have a pretty high level question for you and am looking for some different experiences and input. Does anyone publish their own private or public packages for their own personal convenience?
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Ways & Methods switch between MongoDB Database after selecting a country. (MERNG)
I have a concept in which a user selects a country, which will either filter or go to that database; I was thinking of alternatives or options that would help in the process. These are my first plans ...
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Service changes for local development environment
I am developing a web app along with a backend API. The backend however must talk to other services, some of which are internal and others are not.
In an ideal scenario we would spend time and have a ...
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How to manage concurrent build & test toolchains in (embedded) software development?
TL;DR: How do you manage the complex development toolchain in different (embedded) projects?
In our company we are discussing the toolchain setups in different development teams and how to work ...
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Does Scrum work well when a "client" is really a "target audience?"
Scrum training usually assumes your company's been contracted to produce software for a client. For example, a business owner might hire your company to develop an application for internal business ...
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Dev/prod parity and microservices
According to the 12-factor-app dev/prod parity principle, the developers' local environments and production should be similar.
For developers working on a system with a complex microservice-based ...
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How to prevent making silly errors while programming on a fast faced project and also maintain the project structure,
I'm working at a startup, as a solo mobile application developer as a contractor. This has been for around 5 months now. I work part time. I have 3+ years of experience as a developer.
We have a ...
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Java Coding standards via common and open source tools?
I'm working on a project with 3 other backend developers and 3 front end devs. Also playing the role of architect for 3 other projects. One issue I see is that most developers are not formatting code, ...
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Right agile method (Scrum, Kanban, etc.) to follow with strict release cadence
In my organization there is a release cadence to deploy any piece of code to Production environment.
We have three environments, Dev, Test and Prod and we have deployment in every 15days and the dates ...
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Best way to keep development and testing in synch
We have 1 frontend developer and 2 backend developers and 1 QA. QA is responsible for writing the end-to-end tests using Cypress. FE developer writes the unit tests. Backend developers write the unit ...
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What should be the workflow for test management in JIRA
We are using Jira to track all our tickets and confluence for documentation. We intend to document the test cases covered on Confluence.
Here are a couple requirements:
Consider a development ticket ...
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Easily showing and hiding UI options for different releases of a standalone Java Application
I have a very simple standalone java application that allows users to tick which messages they want to transfer and then click go, essentially.
We now need to provide different users with a different ...
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Is there evidence that programming will die/not-die because of LowCode/NoCode? [closed]
I have to do a presentation of Convertigo, a LowCode/NoCode platform, for my IT class. I did a lot of research on it.
What do developers think about a platform that permits to everyone to create an ...
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How do you split your time when you are a product owner and a software architect?
I have a role that combines the role of product owner with a role of software architect. I have final say for both product and technical decisions:
The Product owner role is similar as in scrum: I ...
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UML: what is the correct order of steps?
I was reading an old text book "Beginning C# Object oriented programming" from 2011. The author in one case employs the "use case" to identify classes and then goes to draw a class ...
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How can I defend reducing the strength of code reviews?
I have started in a new team. I have 20 years experience as a developer, and I have been in the role of a team lead in several projects.
Normally I am very much pro code reviews, but I ended up in a ...
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Hotel restaurant menu ordering process
With my team I’m facing a problem.
For a hotel, we are asked to develope a cloud application that will let guests taking orders from hotel restaurant menu trough their devices.
To access the menu, ...
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Which SemVer version to use between releases?
I'm working on a project that uses Semantic Versioning. The commit history can be generalized as:
Also, the current version is present in source code (so that the software can use it for various ...
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What is the best way to code review a work-in-progress?
I am working on a feature with a system that I am unfamiliar with. The feature is not ready, but I want to show the code to my team (who is familiar with the system) so they can give me early ...
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How to change a data model
In my model a user entity has three attributes : ID, name, hasBoyfriend.
I want now to change hasBoyfriend to boyFriendsNames which is an array of names .
The user entity is used by many services.
The ...
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How do developers show progress when it's a "slow week"?
I'm working as the web developer with some friends who aren't coders themselves, but understand what goes on in the process. So, if it's been a week where I'm tackling a certain issue that I'm really ...
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How to anticipate a software future where ARM (potentially) replaces x86 in server and PCs? [closed]
With the introduction of Apple M1 processor, ARM has stood up to be a capable competitor and an alternative to x86 processors. We can foresee a future where ARM captures considerable market share of ...
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Productivity - Pushing towards 3 (at max 4) completed requests followed by code commits in a span of 8 hour interval on novel support requests
Situation
Right now, I am at a point of realization, that at my present position I am not completing requests with regular interval, have spaced out request completion. But to approach my true ...
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Is it helpful to create UML diagrams when developing a mobile app alone?
I'm thinking of developing my first mobile app and now that I have chosen the language(react native), created the wireframes and done almost all the preliminary work, I'm about to start the actual ...
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In a microserices environment, how to track which version of which service is deployed where and when?
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How do you keep track of which version of which microservice is deployed in which environment?
In Details
Say your company has dozens of Microservices and 5 different environments (Dev, QA, Prod, ...
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Is the UML diagram a good solution for project design and documentation? [duplicate]
I want to lead an Angular + NodeJS project. As this is my first experience, I thought about using UML diagram as both designing/architecting the project and also the project's documentation.
But I am ...
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Why are software requirements allowed to change if it means more work for software engineers? [closed]
In many projects, software requirements change, sometimes meaning we software engineers have to throw out our work and start over. Heck, we have entire methodologies built around the assumption that ...
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Prioritise continuous process improvement with customer work?
I'm reading about Toyota Kata and am impressed with the approach of continuous improvement of the process through constant experimentation toward a target condition.
What I haven't yet found anything ...
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API development - Exposing new version VS updating current version
Context
There is a back end and a front end team.
Back end exposes an endpoint to the front end app:
PATCH car/{carID}/tire
Problem
I want to update the aforementioned PATCH request functionality ...
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Automate clearing everything (database tables, log files, etc.) and starting from a fresh state during development?
The Issue
When I'm fixing a bug during web development projects, I often find myself cleaning out the existing (tainted) database records, clearing out log files, etc.
I do this so that I can start ...
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Origin of the idea of using separate specification / implementation / testing teams?
In our company we split up software development in three non-overlapping teams: a team that writes the specification, a team that writes the code, and a third team that tests the implementation ...
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What’s the difference between incremental and throw-away prototyping?
As far as I know, throw-away prototyping involves creation of prototypes in iterations where each prototype is discarded after one iteration. For incremental prototyping, the resources I referred to ...
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How to scale code reviews
My boss say we should find a way to scale code reviews at our company. As it is right now, we have about 16 software developers spread across 4 different teams/squads, but soon the company will close ...
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Who should describe the testing procedure of a bug?
I used to work for a software development company, and there they had following way of solving bugs and the according testing:
The bug ticket is analysed by the developer.
The developer solves the ...
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Proactive git branch conflict detection?
I'm considering creating a new tool, but I wanted to find out if something like it already exists.
tl;dr: Looking to make or employ a service which scans a SCM repository with the explicit goal of ...
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Inspection code reviews, is it outdated today?
I'm a big proponent of peer reviews on every change, like with pull requests etc, however I'm questioning if this type of review alone is enough.
For one, I have trouble with reviewers 'missing the ...
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Use debug-functionality without breaking architecture
note: This is of couse about software-architecture/design-principles, but as no architecture is completely detached from its language, please note that the language i am using is C++.
I am using an ...
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How should process be different for front-end vs back-end?
I'm looking for references that might help explain what I've seen in software engineering regarding processes for developing in the front-end vs the back-end. They are both difficult, but I tend to ...
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Does an increment always involve a working prototype?
I would like to ask a question about Scrum. At the end of a Sprint, when we have the Sprint Review, we present an Increment.
The guide says that this Increment has to be potentially releasable.
My ...
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