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Learn from some of the most accomplished engineering leaders. This blog brings you key insights from fellow engineering managers and tech leaders to level-up your management skills and to take your developer team to the next level.

Beginner’s Guide to Serverless Architecture (Config, Deploy, Advantages)

by Dániel Vincze / August 1, 2017

Serverless is a software architecture where the code runs in the cloud but we don’t really know the OS and the hardware it uses. Everything is managed by the provider except the functions we upload.      

Serverless is not just an architecture. It is also a powerful framework we can use to develop and deploy serverless applications. After reading this guide, you will be able to deploy infinitely scaling NodeJS web application in minutes. Other supported languages are Java 8, Python 3.6 and 2.7, .NET Core 1.0.1 (C#)

Node 8: Five New Features You Need to Know

by Ákos Szokodi / May 29, 2017

Node 8 is out on May 30th and packed with new ES features along with performance improvements. Version 8 is important as later this year (in October) Node 8 will be LTS, so it's worth checking out its new features compared to the previous LTS (v6) and the previous stable (v7) release. In this post we collected every new features you need to know.

20 Easy-to-use Mockup Tools to Design Your Next App

by Tamás Török / May 16, 2017

Sketching up the frames of your app is a great way to make it a bit more realistic. This is a step that can’t be avoided when building any kind of application.

But, you can take this to the next level. 

Using some of the mockup tools mentioned below, you can create even interactive mockups that can be exported and run on any device working like a real application or a prototype. 

This is an efficient way to test your assumptions about your app; it also provides detailed instructions for developers, making their job much easier and faster. 

7 Must-Read Stats from The State of Software Development Report 2017

by Tamás Török / March 21, 2017

State of Software Development 2017 report

It would take long to count the possible challenges startups are facing. Startups need to act fast, learn fast and be as flexible as possible to survive and grow. But tackling business challenges is not the only difficulty startups have to overcome.Tackling capacity issues and finding the most effective ways to ship the product people are looking for was also a challenge while building teams that were able to achieve that. With this state of software development report, we want to shed light on how startups actually do it.

Comprehensive Guide to Code Quality: Best Practices and Tools

by Tamás Török / March 15, 2017

Ensuring code quality when your software team is growing rapidly is a huge challenge. But even with a constant number of software developers, maintaining code quality can cause headaches.

Without tools and a consistent system, the whole project can accumulate a huge technical debt, causing more problems in the long-term than it solves in the short-term.

The best thing is that you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to avoid this (sure, it’s not a problem if you are one).

How to Build an Ionic 2 App with Native Plugin Integrations [Full Guide]

by László Csele `Lacka` / February 27, 2017

I’m really excited about the new Ionic 2 framework, which was recently released. They switched AngularJS version to Angular version 2. After reading many posts about the new features and digging into the Ionic docs, I decided to make a simple app with some native plugins (Camera, Google Maps and GPS Location). In this post, I show you how to integrate the most requested native features with Ionic 2 framework and create a cross-platform application.

The Best Slack Integrations for Distributed Software Teams

by Tamás Török / February 15, 2017

We know that frequent communication and great tools are necessary to successfully manage software development. It is bad for your project when communication takes place in many different channels while not using (or using too many) tools to track progress and manage code. These are the typical symptoms of a falling-apart project. And I’m sure you want to avoid them.In this post, I show you 8 Slack integrations that will save time, make the project more transparent and make everyone accountable for his task.