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4 August, 2014

Integrating jasmine and mocha for TDDbin.com – two tragedies

By |August 4, 2014|JavaScript, JS Code Retreat, Open Source, tdd, TDDbin, uxebu|2 Comments

It was up in the air for a long time and finally I got around it to start open sourcing the code behind tddbin.com. After fiddling around with the existing code base I quickly arrived to the conclusion there is some major clean up, actually simplification and modularization very necessary. So I started to […]

14 July, 2014

Test public API, not implementation details

By |July 14, 2014|JavaScript, TDD|0 Comments

There are good reasons why programmers perform tests themselves in contrast to letting an external testing department (QA) perform the tests. The programmer is able to discover errors in code and in general design decisions much faster and can react immediately, as one might say, the feedback loop is very short. On the other […]

2 July, 2014

How to remove AMD artifacts for deployment

By |July 2, 2014|JavaScript, Technology|0 Comments

You are working with require.js (AMD modules)? And you want to have a very simple way to build your project into one file? And later apply the minifier of your choice? Here is the easiest it gets.
But a bit of history first. David Aurelio has built undef already over a year ago, which we […]

13 May, 2014

JavaScript CodeRetreat #2. So awesome!

By |May 13, 2014|Events, JS Code Retreat, tdd, uxebu|1 Comment

Thank you :’)
Here we are again, the JavaScript CodeRetreat #2 just ended, and was awesome!

This time 4 cities joined: Munich, Cologne, Barcelona and Oxford! How cool is this? We’re getting bigger and bigger, that’s amazing :)

First of all, I really want to thank our Munich sponsors: uxebu GmbH (breakfast and organisation), MayFlower (drinks), TNG […]

26 March, 2014

Tests are for lazy people

By |March 26, 2014|uxebu|2 Comments

If we don’t test our code, how will we ever write self-learning algorithms which generate code for us?

Bogus argument? Valid?

24 March, 2014

How to use Google Spreadsheets for TDD

By |March 24, 2014|JavaScript, tdd|1 Comment

The idea is from 2008 by Dave Nicolette and Karl Scotland and they first presented it in their talk “Manager’s Introduction to Test-Driven Development” where they are showing managers how to do TDD with Excel and VBA. Inspired by this talk see how to do it with Google Spreadsheet and JavaScript as I tweeted last night.

21 March, 2014

JS CodeRetreat: facilitator’s skills

By |March 21, 2014|Events, JavaScript, JS Code Retreat, tdd, uxebu|0 Comments

Soooo many people are asking us which skills and abilities a facilitator should have. Here we are then, with a small list of suggestions!

 
General skills
First of all, he/she (probably “he”…) should be able to speak in public, trying to give a personal touch to every talk. He (I’ll just continue assuming that the facilitator […]

21 March, 2014

We Lean

By |March 21, 2014|business, development tools, Lean Startup, uxebu|2 Comments

 
“We have a really good idea about developing a new web product.”
Usually, this is what we actually think, but in the sentence there is a huge mistake: “a really good idea”. No. It’s not necessarily a good idea! I read countless forums, articles, stories about failure in startups. Too many! But the most of […]

10 March, 2014

Our JS CodeRetreat: sharing knowledge from both sides

By |March 10, 2014|Events, JavaScript, JS Code Retreat, tdd, TDDbin, uxebu|0 Comments

“Knowledge sharing”: even though I’m getting used to this mindset, this is something that still surprises me quite a lot. Our JS CodeRetreat was all about sharing: we shared our TDD knowledge, giving you all the chance to attend a free course for an entire day, and you shared your experience and much more during the […]

4 March, 2014

Defactoring In Action

By |March 4, 2014|JavaScript, tdd, TDDbin|0 Comments

I would just add a tiny little bit to Kent Beck’s If you can’t make it better, make it worse. (Kent Beck) and that is “in order to make it even better“.

4 March, 2014

How to host a JS CodeRetreat in your city

By |March 4, 2014|Events, JavaScript, JS Code Retreat, tdd, TDDbin, uxebu|1 Comment

The aim of this blogpost is to encourage and help those of you who are willing to host a JS CodeRetreat in your city. I’m pretty sure that lots of people thought “nice idea! I’d like to take part to it…but where to start?”. It’s simple. Requires some energy and effort to organise it but, […]

3 March, 2014

67 Days Left – JS CodeRetreat #2

By |March 3, 2014|Events, JavaScript, JS Code Retreat, tdd|4 Comments

Number 2 is on it’s way – JS CodeRetreat #2! After the success of the first JavaScript CodeRetreat in February the second one must not be too far out. And it isn’t. Sixty seven days from today. Want it near you? You want a JS CodeRetreat to take place in your city? Make it happen!

19 February, 2014

What does TDD have to do with Star Trek?

By |February 19, 2014|tdd|0 Comments

“We always knew that we were spied on.” Yawn. If someone wants to achieve a goal there are ways. (Bad) dreams became reality. In the Star Trek movies we get to see what people imagine. In order to achieve it you have to try. Still a dream. So how do we get to tell our […]

11 February, 2014

JS CodeRetreat: our successful event!

By |February 11, 2014|business, Events, JavaScript, tdd, uxebu|0 Comments

Shortcut Event PICS Tweets Blog posts TDD Quotes Here we are, our event recently ended, and I’m here to draw some conclusions. I have to say, we are extremely pleased with the result! It took a considerable time to organise everything, but it was totally worth it! We obviously had sponsors: thanks to Mayflower for […]

31 January, 2014

Working at Uxebu

By |January 31, 2014|development tools, dojo, JavaScript, tdd, uxebu|0 Comments

Hello!! Myself Gaganjot, am a student of Informatics in TU Munich. I joined Uxebu as a software developer (working student), having motivation and enthusiasm to work in Web Development. While in Uxebu When I started I was a novice to NodeJS, which was at the core of Uxebu. But having the confidence to learn it […]