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Methods & Tools - September 2017
Sharing global software development knowledge since January 1993

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*** Quote of the Month ***

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Best practice hates contexts, better practice loves contexts.

Source: Hermanni Hyytiälä on Twitter

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=== Web Sponsors ===

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This month, the Methods & Tools website is supported by Inflectra Software Testing & Project Management Tools, Software Testing Magazine and Scrum Expert. We thank them for their support.

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*** Software Development Linkopedia ***

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Text: 5 Steps to Build High Performance Agile Teams

Text: Three Questions to Ask when Being Micromanaged

Text: I Hate Kanban…

Text: Should a CTO keep on coding?

Text: How to Communicate Better in Distributed Teams

Text: Don’t “Validate” Designs; Test Them

Text: A Strategy for Browser Compatibility Testing

Text: 5 Aspects of Scrum You Cannot Skip

Video: Balancing the Agile Equation: People x Process

Video: Agile Testing Best Practices

Video: Crowdsourcing Software Architecture: The Distributed Achitect

Video: Impact Mapping: Making Value-Driven Prioritization a Reality

Video: Improving Software Testing by Changing Culture

Tools: fn.js is a JavaScript library built to encourage a functional programming style & strategy.

Tools: Truffle is a development & testing framework for the Ethereum blockchain platform.

Find more interesting links on the software development tools, the software development articles or the software development videos websites.

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*** Partner Software Development Conferences ***

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South East European Software Testing Conference (SEETEST), September 28-29 2017, Sofia, Bulgaria

STARWEST Software Testing Conference, October 1–6 2017, Anaheim, USA

TopConf Duesseldorf, October 5-6 2017, Duesseldorf, Germany

Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference, October 9-11 2017, Portland, USA

STARCANADA Software Testing Conference, October 15–20 2017, Toronto, Canada

.NET DeveloperDays, October 18-20 2017, Warsaw, Poland

Agile Tour London, October 20 2017, London, UK

Australian Testing Days, October 30-31 2017, Sidney, Australia

TopConf Tallinn, November 14-16 2017, Tallinn, Estonia

AgentConf, 27-28 January, 2018, Spielboden Dornbirn, Austria

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