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TechCrunch+ roundup: Due diligence roadmap, employment law basics, YC’s Michael Seibel

TechCrunch

In a follow-up, he explains the next step: packaging this information for prospective investors to “ create the blueprint and backbone for an in-depth Series B due diligence process. ”. Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. How to create a due diligence road map for Series B investors.

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TDD saved the day

Xebia

Sometimes, the coding task in front of you can be overwhelmingly complex. The goal was to compare two object graphs and present them in a way a user could selectively merge them. To tackle each operation, I started with a small test, following the principles of Test-Driven Development (TDD). Clean up the code, and repeat.

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TDD is not about testing

Xebia

Test-driven development (TDD) has been around for more than 20 years. Nearly all of the greats in software underline it as an important and valuable method. Many people think of TDD as a methodology for testing because of its name. You might see testing as something boring you have to do to prove that the code you wrote works.

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TDD is not about testing

Xebia

Test-driven development (TDD) has been around for more than 20 years. Nearly all of the greats in software underline it as an important and valuable method. Many people think of TDD as a methodology for testing because of its name. You might see testing as something boring you have to do to prove that the code you wrote works.

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Open Source & Open Standards: Navigating the Intricacies of a Symbiotic Partnership

Speaker: Guy Martin, Executive Director of OASIS Open

Our worldwide society has continued to operate and thrive due to foundational technologies like the Internet. In the early days of technology, the building blocks of strong open standards combined with open source code that implemented these standards set the stage for breakthrough innovations. Live and On-Demand Masterclass.

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Effective Software Testing – A Developer’s Guide

Henrik Warne

I recently finished Effective Software Testing – A Developer’s Guide by Maurício Aniche , and I really liked it. I have been coding for a long time and I think I have been writing pretty good tests for the features I have implemented. The book apparently grew out of lecture notes from a course on software testing.

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10 investors discuss the no-code and low-code landscape in Q1 2022

TechCrunch

No-code and low-code development suites have so far been used mostly by marketers and analysts. Initially, no-code/low-code was primarily a way for non-technical builders to create (sometimes gimmicky) applications,” said Navin Chaddha, managing director at VC firm Mayfield. Raviraj Jain , partner, Lightspeed Ventures.