Working effectively with legacy code

Working Effectively with Legacy Code by Michael Feathers

Growing Object-Oriented Software

Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests by Steve Freeman

Test Driven Development

Test Driven Development (The Addison-Wesley Signature Series) by Kent Beck.

Refactoring

Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code (Object Technology Series) by Martin Fowler.

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Network latency

Slow is the new downtime, and network latency is the enemy! Every millisecond of additional latency (the time it takes for your users to access your website) is literally a waste of money. In this DynEdu video Dyn’s Chief Technologist Cory von Wallenstein discusses how to reduce network latency by making the most of your DNSinfrastructure.

Improving email delivery

Anytime you send an email for your brand, you impact your email deliver-ability in some way. When you run a customer loyalty program, chances are you send out more email to your program members and with each email you send, your deliver-ability becomes stronger (hopefully!).
Those who have mastered the art of deliver-ability will pick up several good rules of thumb along the way to keep their deliver-ability strong. Dyn Dns have a few rules of thumb for managing customer loyalty programs via email. Mike Veilleux the Director of Email Product explains.

DDoS Attacks

DDoS attacks are on the rise and many of your favorite websites are getting attacked and going down for hours and even days. Do you know exactly what happens during a DDoS attack? How could a DDoS attack affect your own website? In this video, Dyn Principal Architect Andrew Sullivan explains the basics in less than three minutes.

Email deliverability

Director of Deliverability  Steve Wheeler breaks down the art & science of Deliverabilty in this DynEdu video. From list maintenance & IP pools to engaging content & authentication, apply these tips to your Email Delivery program to start seeing better results today. Be sure to check out the content below for even more information on Deliverability & Email Delivery. Make sure your emails reach the inbox every time!

UX Psychology

The following links are based upon an excellent article in .NET magazine (issue 245) by Joe Leech. The article in question was entitled “Psychology tips for UX”.

• This link relates to honesty and how to apply techniques to improve the gathering of form based information. The document is entitled “Cues of being watched enhance cooperation in a real-world setting“.
• The five-second test for the instinctual part of the brain. The  article is entitled “5-Second Tests: Measuring Your Site’s Content Pages“.
• Don’t Make Me Think by Steve Krug outlines strategies for limiting cognitive load.
• Psychology articles for designs.
• Susan Winschenk’s book, “100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People“.

 

Collaborate

Welcome to Collaborateâ„¢ which is being developed by Wilson May Ltd. The aim of the application is to allow a project team to discuss and edit user stories via a shared white board or in this case blue board! In a true Agile approach we have released the absolute minimum build. Future iterations will add shared collaboration, together with the export and print of stories.
One other thing. Collaborate runs on JavaScript, so if you have disabled JavaScript on your browser, please enable it now.

 

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