One thing from our projects this week

Note: most of us are on different projects

Having the proper number of environments is crucial to truly complete what you have deemed the "definition of done". (Apryl)

We just started an architectural change which will take us from Enterprise Java Beans to Spring beans... translating beans is astonishingly tedious. (Linda)

Take the time to find out how much effort it would take to make something better since the investment you could put in might save you much pain down the road. (Sarah)

We're able to track who is working on what story with avatars of ourselves stuck on our chosen story card, and we're making sure we're pairing evenly with a well displayed chart. (Aubrey)

I am currently working on identifying flows for the UI tests for the first time; this has been a project since the UI tests so far have acted more like unit tests and therefore have been multiplying and their cost/value ratio is suffering. (Abby)

One thing I learned this week:

I learned that a library called UTFgrid exists, which is designed to load map data on mobile connections and/or legacy browsers by displaying the map tiles as ASCII art! (Linda)

Apart from learning that I'm not built for living at high altitude, I saw in action the importance of networking; TW is a wealth of knowledge and opportunity when it comes to picking the brains of all the talent in the company. (Chisara)

Sometimes you have to make a choice between two opportunities; one may come once in a lifetime... others come more often; pick one, be happy with the decision, and don't look back; that decision may change your life! (Apryl)

A title can tell you little more than what the presenter believes they are saying. (Sarah)

I learned that code bases won't necessarily have passing tests right out of the box on IntelliJ, even when the build passes on the command line. (Crystal, at TWU)

I learned that Postgres allows users to have roles, giving greater flexibility when changing permissions. (Aubrey, at TWU)