Paul Isaris

post photo by pexels Introduction This post is the second part of the “Scrum events demystified” post series. You can find the first part here: Scrum Events demystified - The Sprint In order to successfully execute the Scrum tasks and maximize the Increment value, a team needs to pay attention to the chronologically first Event in the Sprint; The Sprint Planning event. About Sprint Planning Sprint Planning is a time-boxed event (as all events are in Scrum). ...

post photo by unsplash.com Introduction This post is the first part of the “Scrum events demystified” post series. In this series, I will try to shed some light on the most common events in the Scrum framework. First things first, let’s begin by defining Scrum: According to the Scrum Guide: Scrum (n): A framework within which people can address complex adaptive problems, while productively and creatively delivering products of the highest possible value. ...

Introduction post photo by pexels Vue.js is a progressive JavaScript framework that allows you to create compelling user interfaces efficiently and easily. In this post, we are going to create a pagination component, able to have a dynamic number of steps! Our final application will look like this: Project set up use the vue cli to create out app: npm install -g @vue/cli Next, we make use of the CLI to create all the boilerplate for our app: ...

Introduction A daily stand-up meeting is an essential part of many workplaces these days. Either when following the Scrum methodology or simply when wanting to tighten the bonds between the team members and stakeholders, the performance of the daily stand-up can either make or break your day. Let’s be honest here. Every workplace does their stand-ups differently. But that’s really OK! It’s not another formal, dull meeting that requires you to stick to the procedure. ...

Introduction Angular is a popular framework for building single-page, interactive applications. With Angular gaining more popularity, we have the opportunity to use libraries that provide us with built-in UI components that allow us to focus on the code that will make our app stand out. ;) In this tutorial, we will examine how to use Angular Material in order to build a clean and reusable dialog component. We will focus on reusability, meaning that we will build a single custom dialog component that we will call when needed via a service class. ...

Introduction As software engineers, there is quite often a need to learn a new programming language, framework or library so as to use it in a new project or enhance an existing codebase. Continuous learning is integrated into our workday and often times it requires time after work (evening or weekends) which can turn out to be a dull process and add to an already growing burnout feeling. It is obvious that we always try to optimize this learning process, to have better results. ...