By Ben Spencer

What Is It? A tool (continuous integration server) performs automated testing. “Integration” refers to combining individual developer changes with the existing shared code base. The purpose is to see if changes can be combined or if they conflict. When Should it be Done? Should be conducted with every code push (also called a “commit”) to … Continued

By Jeff Dance

Where do you find inspiration? Articles, books, blogs, industry conferences, customer research and interviews, competitor analysis, focused meditation, running, travel, drawing, simply having time to think? Whether it’s internal or external stimuli, the most common theme for sparking creativity is opening the mind to new experiences or input. However, inspiration is often personal. What stokes … Continued

By Elisha Terada

There are many reasons why we use WordPress. It’s the most popular CMS in the world with over 75 million websites now operating on the platform, and there are now more than 50,000 WordPress plugins available to enhance functionality. With so many resources available, it can be hard to know which ones to choose. So, we asked Fresh Developers … Continued

By Ben Spencer

What Is It? Functional Testing focuses on testing software against a design document, use cases, or a requirement document to ensure that it meets the standard. Checks the software to ensure that it provides the output required by the end-user or business. Requires a significant investment of time to build out documentation. When Should it … Continued

By Jeff Dance

Ideate Alone First Before you Analyze and Discuss as a Group Have you ever gone along with a proposed plan just to be agreeable, only to find out later that everyone else was doing the same? The Abilene Paradox describes exactly this phenomenon of “Group Think”. When a group of people decides on a course … Continued