The software development landscape is often an image of a rushing river more than a stalwart mountain. With the introduction of WebAssembly, many languages are working to implement their own solutions to this binary compilation target. For Microsoft, the solution is Blazor. Blazor is a web framework designed to run client-side in the browser in a WebAssembly-based .NET runtime (Blazor WebAssembly) or Server-side on an ASP.NET Core application server (Blazor Server). WebAssembly is a low-level language with a compact binary… [continue]
Git Basics
The information for this blog post was taken from the content of a Git Basics training at EG’s 2020 QA Retreat. The purpose of this training was to provide a baseline for Automated Test Developers. Often times, automated testers find ourselves performing only a few Git commands. On some projects, we may clone the main project repository but make few commits. On other projects, we may have separate repositories for automated testing code and may be the only user, versus working on a… [continue]
Containerization Fundamentals
Imagine: You are joining a team developing an application as a [test automation engineer|business analyst|developer]. There is a Dev, Stage and Production environment for the application (and the several other applications it integrates with). Dev is very unstable, constantly down and bloated with testing data. Something breaks and an investigation is required to determine if it was bad data, a new code change, or some external dependency. Or worse, nothing happens at all, and Dev just stays broken until the… [continue]
Training and Professional Development: Caring for and Feeding our People
Over the last 20+ years, I have attended several training sessions and conferences. Some have been good, and some have been fairly poor. In conversations with a few other EG folks, we were trying to boil it all down to determine what makes for a good training or conference. Why do we put forth the effort? What are we trying to accomplish? When a company commits to the level of investment in its people that continuing education requires, it should… [continue]
Swift Essentials: Generics
Software developers have long understood the many benefits of code reuse. These benefits include an increase in productivity and code quality, and a decrease in testing and maintenance costs. The idea of reducing redundancy in a codebase was popularized by the DRY principle, which was introduced in the 1999 book titled “The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master“. The acronym DRY stands for Don’t Repeat Yourself, and the principle suggests that “Every piece of knowledge must have a single, unambiguous,… [continue]
The Mamba Mentality
On January 26th, America was reminded that nobody is immune from the fragility of life. A routine flight, which Kobe has taken thousands of times ended in tragedy. While I followed Kobe’s career, admired his game, recognized his talent, and participated in shouting “Kobe” whenever I threw something away, it wasn’t until the days following his passing that I learned and understood Kobe’s work ethic. For many this could be common knowledge – this “Mamba Mentality.” For me, I was… [continue]
LEGO Day
This quote just about sums it up: There was so much fellowship and family fun to be had. It IS my favorite day of the year here at Eg! A HUGE thank you to those who helped me make this day run smoothly… Also thanks to those who volunteered… you ran the trading like champs!! Thanks to all who came, we hope you had a blast, and know that we do this because we love you and your children and… [continue]
Goals and that 2020 Vision
“2020 Vision?” Really? I know. It’s overused, a bad dad joke, the puniest of puns, and as cliché as they come. But, now that we got that out of the way: With last year and last decade behind us, what are you wanting to accomplish next year/decade? Just about everyone wants to eat better, lose weight, or get in shape (or all of the above). Those are good goals, and keep those on the list. But… aren’t there even more… [continue]
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