Code Quality with Eclipse Plugins

Tech leads are continually challenged with identifying and governing code quality. The common response is to look to test coverage as a measure of quality. Previously I was challenged to monitor code and architectural quality for over 50 developers both on and offshore. The shear amount of code made manual reviews a nightmare. While had

Bite Size: Code Review with Jupiter Plugin

Jupiter is an eclipse plug-in designed specifically to coordinate code reviews across teams. The plug-in provides a basic procedure for managing the code review process. I’ve posted a document on Scribd that describes how to use this great tool to manage your code review processes. View Code Review with Jupiter on Scribd

Bite Size: Refactoring in Eclipse

IDEs offer many tools that speed up the development process. Among the many features in eclipse for coding are a series of commands for refactoring code. Understanding how to quickly utilize these commands will dramatically speed up your development process. Display Available Refactor Commands (Alt+Shift+T) Rename (Alt+Shift+R) Extract to Local Variable (Alt+Shift+L) Extract to Method

Bite Size: Object Oriented JavaScript

JavaScript is typically thought of as a procedural scripting language, however it contains many aspects that allow for Object Oriented style scripting. Below you will find a few examples of how to script JavaScript in an Object Oriented style. Before you start The best way of studying this tutorial is to have Firefox with Firebug

Coffee Notes: Scrum’s, Common sense?

One of the best things about agile methodology is the communication between everyone. At the root of that communication are the daily scrum sessions the teams have to discuss status, plans and issues. These brief meetings each day help keep everyone on tap with the details of the project at hand. So my question is,