February 2014 - ElegantCode

16 Feb

2014

10 Tips for Nailing UI Voice and Style

By: David Starr Category:General PostTag: New Post:

Clearly and concisely articulating oneself through writing can open professional opportunities you never even knew existed. That clarity and conciseness really only comes with practice, but we can all use some great tips to get us started. This quick-tips writing poster came through my email recently and I tracked down it?s creators, Kylie Hansen and […]

15 Feb

2014

Segregate your code commits into tiny topical changes.

By: Jason Jarrett Category:UncategorizedTag: Source Control:2 Comments

If your not using source control for your coding projects, get off my lawn. 😛 (#JustHadToSayIt) Now that I’m only reaching people who use source control (serious developers), I’d like to ask that you focus hard to only commit changes that belong to a single topic at a time. Think SRP for code commits/check-ins. What […]

12 Feb

2014

Show Us Your Work Boards

By: David Starr Category:General PostTag: New Post:2 Comments

Our team is thinking a lot about work boards right now. By work boards, I mean those information radiators in your hallways and team rooms you use to visualize your work. Work boards could be anything from a formal Scrum Sprint Backlog to a Kanban board to a simple to-do list. Most of them are […]