Introduction to Scrum

An introduction to Scrum, one of the flavours of Agile, covering the team structure, processes and terminology in a brief handy overview.

Which flavour of Agile tastes best?

Agile is an umbrella term for several software development methodologies that share a common philosophy defined in the Agile Manifesto, but have their own ideas on its implementation. This post takes a brief look at a few of those flavours.

Coding Style Guide

The coding style guide I’ve put in place at work to enhance the quality, legibility and maintainability of the code produced by my team. Based heavily on the CakePHP Coding Standards, with a few additional guidelines I’ve found important.

The Programmer’s Manifesto

A list of 10 things to help improve the quality of yours and your team’s code, such as sticking to a coding style guide, testing, commenting your code, adding commit messages, staying DRY, performance and security, being MVC strict, keeping track of your time and making use of your down time.

Introduction to Agile Practices

Heard a lot about this Agile melarkey? Wondered what it involves? This post explains the processes and practices in running a project using an Agile approach.

It covers the concepts of the approach, explains the processes involved. Describes the meetings (or ceremonies) you should have, what to discuss and what their outcomes should be. It also explains who should do what, and when.

Development Methodologies for Web Applications

A comparison of two common software development methodologies, Waterfall and Iterative, with a focus on Web Application development projects.

It describes their respective processes, examines their differences, discusses their advantages and disadvantages, and finally, identifies which situations each is most appropriate for, and their criteria for success.