The rubber duck debugging method or the art of solving a problem when you’re a programmer.
When you write code for software, if there’s one thing a programmer knows for sure, it’s that at some point it will get stuck. This happens all the time, and any programmer can tell you that. No matter how much experience you have, whether you are a beginner or a veteran, you will find yourself
Boostalab launches its Teamtonic platform
Boostalab joined forces with Done’s team to develop its digital platform, Teamtonic. Working closely with the stakeholders, Done’s developers handled all front-end and back-end development. Boostalab is a Montreal-based company whose mission is to contribute to making organizations more human through an approach that is partly technological, partly content and partly process. Numerous organizations, SMEs,
Because there is a beginning to everything…
When I was young, personal computers were not very common, but they still managed to pique my curiosity. My uncle, who had noticed my new interest, invited me to spend a few evenings at his office to allow me to experiment with one of his machines. My mission was simple: entering sports data in one
An 8th appointment as MVP!
For the 8th consecutive year, our colleague Eric De Carufel has earned the title of Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP). Recognized as a .NET development specialist, he has been involved since 2009 in the Microsoft community. The Microsoft MVP title is intended to highlight the involvement and commitment of community leaders. This distinction demonstrates helping
Developing your potential with tests
Nowadays, the learning curve of any programmer goes through a certain number of steps. One of these steps is discovering tests. This discovery is generally progressive and, for many of us, somewhat upside down. Here’s the story of my personal experience with which I think some of you will relate. A waste of time It
Custom development, the promise of an idea that works…
Looking for a computerized solution to a problem, simple or complex, or looking to get more gains from a business process is a normal quest for any company, big or small. Most businesses identify several potential solutions but they do not necessarily answer their exact need, or sometimes several of the solutions could do the
Development environment : How to start your perfect project?
The project is accepted, the requirements are clear; but where to start to carry out our development? A natural reflex is to prepare everything in advance to be able to program without meeting obstacles relative to the technological environments. So it’s at this moment that the team organizes a round table and makes decisions according
Why consider Xamarin Forms for a mobile application?
Why consider Xamarin Forms for a mobile application developed with an Agile approach? Several aspects have to be considered when starting a project, Agile or not. Among them, there is obvioulsy the technology that will be used. In the case of a mobile application, there are many possible choices : to develop natively on Android and
The software development ecosystem: the trends for 2017
During my third participation in Stratégies PME, I had the opportunity to give a presentation on the trends for 2017. So, I’ve looked into my crystal ball in order to share my vision of what 2017 has in store for us regarding software development. Here is a summary of what I see! Agility and continuous
Hello World Mobile
With the recent acquisition of Xamarin by Microsoft, it could be expected that the development of mobile applications would become a little more accessible, especially considering that this acquisition has changed the cost of Xamarin to… nothing! Thanks to Xamarin Forms and Visual Studio Community Edition, it is now possible to develop a mobile application
Hello World entreprise version
Basic Hello World The best way to learn a new language is still writing the typical Hello World application. I can not count the number of times I started a new project with this simple application. For example here is the simplest Hello World application that can be done in C#: After starting Visual Studio and
