Code quality is usually underrated in some organisations because it is an aspect that customers don’t see and don’t pay for. However it is quite important in both the short and long term. I will expose some of the reasons.
Category Archives: Development
The importance of the stabilisation periods
Startups are usually in a rush to deliver features as fast as possible to compete with other companies. However this makes them sometimes go slower and lose customers. Let’s see why it is important to dedicate some time to stabilise the platform.
Takeaways about security from Devoxx
I have assisted this week to a technical event called Devoxx and have tried to learn as much as possible about security because it is the area in which I have to improve most. I will summarise what I have learnt as many of you may also be interested in it.
Lessons learnt helping grow an engineering team
Startups usually have a big growth after receiving investments. Many people think that the challenge is to find the candidates in a city as competitive as London, but that’s the easy part. I will share what I learned being part of a team that multiplied its size in just a few months
Some ideas to help your team improve their skills
Leading a team is not just about getting work done, it is also important to invest time to allow everyone grow and help the team get better. These are some ideas that I have learnt during the last few years.
How to program using cookies with Java and Spring MVC
Cookies allow to save information to improve the user navegation and are also used by many external tools like Google Analytics. Let’s see how to use them with Java, Spring MVC and Security, and how to prevent legal problems.
Solutions to problems migrating a Hibernate application to Oracle
We have been asked to migrate to Oracle an application that was working on MySql and SQL Server. These are some of the problems we found and how we solved them:
Advantages of using Spring MVC for developing websites
Spring is one of the most used tools to create Java web portals. However, many programmers avoid using it because they don’t know its advantages. Let’s see some of them: