Due to the recent innovation and technology advancement, it has necessitated a need for development of new software. In developing software there is a new and invented way of developing software called agile development. Agile development is the development of software in short sprints in order to deliver business value for the customer or product owner. Agile development also looks at improving existing and complicated software in short sprints. These sprints can be structured anyway you like and also depend on the manpower that is working on it. Developers come together and form a team of agile developers and they take their time to work extra hard in order to finish a job very fast. The time taken to finish the job is called a sprint. Agile development work on different dynamics from the traditional waterfall teams and face immense pressure since work that is scheduled to take months an agile development team should do it in a short period of time. The agile developers face greater challenges and must be disciplined enough in order to complete the work in the specified time. In order to finish the work on time, there are principles of agile development that a team must follow. Here are the principles of agile development and developer agility.
Think, Write, Do Tests, Refactor
Software developers are smart people and therefore have to think critically in the design and planning phase of a software or an application. They must think of all the algorithms that must be included and all the logics. Developers like solving hard complicated scenarios and come up with a solution to the problem, it part of the job and most do it out of ego. This leads to blocks that can lead one to take a lot of time in the design phase and fail to meet the deadline. So it is advisable when doing agile software development that you stick to writing basic code that works rather than try to write clever code that will not work or have bugs and loopholes. After you write the basic code, do tests to establish bugs and problems then get back to solving the problem. Refactor some code that you think is unnecessary and do test to see if it works without the refactored codes.
Just In Time Design And Coding
When in a sprint it is hard to meet the objective of functionality that is specified in the sprint backlog. This means that you need to be effective and efficient, you need to be economical with your time and plan accordingly. It helps maintain focus and stick to finishing the job rather than outdoing yourself trying to write good code. In order to keep your design and coding in just in time, here are some of the tips to follow : apply design patterns when needed not just for the sake of it, include a design pattern after you have established that it will work. Don’t optimize unless you have proof that it is necessary.
Do Unit Tests
Even though it takes a lot of time, it is necessary that you do unit tests. Many developers tend to leave it because of the time it takes but it is a very ignorant and unprofessional. If you fail to write unit tests, then you will surely encounter problems down the road.
That’s what you need to know about developer agility.
