Find out interesting thoughts and experiences about the selection and usage of a frameworks for your projects in this set of slides ‘Living with Frameworks‘ by Stuart Herbert, Technical Manager at www.gradwell.com.

You will learn about:

• How frameworks save you time (=money) and ensure quality but can also waste resources if applied in another way the framework was intended to be used.
• The importance of the framework guru role.
• That a chosen framework and architecture should be strategically introduced (top-down).
• Introduction and proper use of a new framework has a steep learning curve.
• Legacy code and the parallel maintenance hassle.
• Refactor early, refactor often, perform regular code reviews with the framework guru.
• Frameworks will not fix bad practice (specification, quality, no training).
• Your framework should fit your overall development plan and practice.
• Training your staff in your framework is a means of building your team.
• Headcount on projects has increased, means more teamwork, organisation around needs to mature too.
• Importance of upgrades and backward compatibility.

Tags: development, Productivity, Tools