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Back-end, Front-end, Middleware, Sideways Developers … But Why?
US News & World report named “software developer” the number 1 job for 2018. Growth in demand for software and application development skills is a trend that’s expected to continue as organizations in every industry transform and optimize with better software for...
Braum’s Speeds Mobile App Development with LANSA
Interested in building mobile apps but don’t have mobile app developers on staff? Braum’s Ice Cream & Dairy Stores felt the same pain. The way the company saw it, they could either hire mobile developers, outsource development or find a platform they could train...
Shadow IT: Friend or Foe?
IT departments like to think of themselves as gatekeepers to their organization’s infrastructure and systems—but that’s not always the case. The term “shadow IT” is now commonly used to describe software applications built and deployed without any organizational...
Taking Shadow IT Out and Into The Light
“We’ve all got a job to do”. While that may be true, it’s precisely the type of thinking that sometimes leads to ungoverned technologies roaming free throughout a business. The term is ominously known as “shadow IT” and it’s when an otherwise well-meaning employee or...
User Experience – Can you afford not to?
Shall I let you into a little secret? I’m not a good cook. In fact, I’m hopeless. I’m forever burning my dinner in the oven and it just never comes out the way I’d hoped. At least, that was how things were until about six months ago when I bought myself a smartwatch....
Worst Software Dev April Fool’s Day Jokes
Nope, others may have already Rickrolled you with a disguised link to Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up.” Instead, here is a list of the worst “jokes” that IT and the software development community has played on itself over the years. Perhaps some are never going...
Evaluating Customer Service Before You’re a Customer
Who hasn't been stuck in auto-phone-system purgatory for hours or been routed to a first-line customer support rep who knew less about the product you were using than you did? In other cases, your only option for customer support might have been to post a message on...
Agile Sprinting in the Age of Low-code
Agile development provides many benefits to software development, if executed well. I’m not going into a lengthy definition of the intricacies and pitfalls of how you run an Agile development project. This article takes a deeper look at one aspect of Agile: The...
So Many Programming Languages to Pick From
My father recently underwent a full knee replacement. Before the procedure, my sisters, both who are physical therapists, provided a wealth of pre-surgical exercises as well as a list of information about the road to recovery. Due to the distance between where my...
The Low-code Conundrum – Balancing Low-code Productivity with Engineering Best Practice
Companies undertaking digital transformation projects with new, low-code development tools face significant challenges. Especially true when the new applications need to integrate with critical databases associated with Line of Business (LOB) applications. Choosing...
5 Reasons You’ll Fall in Love with Application Development (Again)
With a seemingly endless list of programming tools, languages and platforms, some tech types consider today the golden age of software development. The freedom to choose from such an expansive menu of sophisticated languages and frameworks – Java, JavaScript, HTML5,...
How to Build a Web and Mobile App with a Low-code Development Tool (Video)
Any IT manager tasked with building a new (or extending an existing) web or mobile app will nod their head in agreement when I say selecting the right development tool that rapidly builds responsive web apps, integrates with everything, and is easy to maintain is...