Category: Developer Productivity
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Git issue tracking: how to increase engineering velocity
Issue tracking on git platforms plays a key role in managing features, bugs, and enhancements. This post covers some of the most effective ways to manage repository issues that help our engineering team increase our velocity.
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How to create a Github Pull Request Template
This how to guide on creating a GitHub Pull Request Templates provides a downloadable template and steps to customizing them within a code repo. You can also learn more about the benefits of adopting templates into your workflow by reading our extensive pull request guide. Step 1. Head over to your GitHub Repo Go to…
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7 Ways to Manage Pull Requests
Pull requests focus on the changes made to the codebase with information about what change was made to help reviewers and other developers understand and provide feedback. Their biggest drawbacks lie in their detailed nature and time consumption. Developers make every effort to improve the management of pull requests, along with their workflow. There is…
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Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC): The Guide
Writing code is easy. Writing code that works isn’t. The above quote might sound distant from the experience of many developers. However, the majority of them will find it challenging to write code for a fast-paced, ever-changing software startup without following any development process or methodology. That is why in this blog post we will…
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4 tactics to manage virtual teams
It’s a challenging time for teams and organizations that have suddenly jolted to working remotely. For startups and larger organizations, helping their teams with a generous dose of empathy, to enable productivity, is key. Whether you’re already a remote org or moving that way due to the current social climate, here are a few things…
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4 Ways To Become A Better Coder Overnight
Mastering a new language, building a great reputation on GitHub, honing the ability to write clean, no-frills code? All essential steps to becoming a great developer. But those milestones also take a lot of time. For those of you who want to become a better coder overnight, we’ve got good news. Here are four things…
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5 Easy Ways to Boost Your GitHub
“If you’re an engineer and you don’t use GitHub, you don’t exist.” That’s what major VC Ben Horowitz told CNET back in 2012—and with approximately 10,000 new users signing up every day, Horowitz’s claim is looking pretty spot-on. But just having an account won’t get you very far. If you want to use GitHub to…
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5 Steps to Land a Job in Data Science: Everything You Need to Know
Big data is becoming a big deal. Thanks to the data explosion, there’s a huge (and ever-growing) demand for data scientists, data engineers, statisticians, and data analysts. By 2018, there will be 4 to 5 million data analysis jobs in the country—and based on the average salary, career opportunities, and positions, Glassdoor ranked “data scientists” as…
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The Impact of the Gig Economy in the Future of Work
There’s no way around it: self-employment is the future. You’ve probably already read about the rise of the gig economy, and how the next generation of workers has opted for flexibility over wealth. Today’s new companies are faced not only with the traditional questions of how to best grow their business, but how to do…
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Going to Coding Bootcamp: Pros, Cons, and More!
12 weeks to a six-figure job? Five years ago, that would have been nearly impossible. But now, thanks to the emergence of coder boot camps, it’s not only possible but probable. Since 2011, more than 60 immersive developer programs have risen up around the world. The sector has taken in $73 million in tuition and…