Gathering agile requirements for our service
In this post we will talk briefly about how we gathered our requirements for the Outfarm Service. We are using an agile development approach and will be using userstories as the basis for our...
View ArticleOffshoring, near sourcing or local sourcing and how to fit agile
“Should you outsource software development” is a very hotly contested topic on the Internet. And again you have to whole spectrum of opinions, from the “we are all going to loose our job” blog posts to...
View ArticleRuby on Rails: a design decision
We had heard about Ruby on Rails and how efficiently one can create web applications with a handful of good developers and we were intrigued to find out more. Due to budgetary constraints we would not...
View ArticleOutsourcing, copyright and intellectual property protection
Whenever there is a discussion about outsourcing any type of software development work, someone will always play the intellectual property card. How can you protect it, is always the question. Software...
View ArticleAttending the Web Summit on the 4th of Feb in Dublin
A representative of Outfarm is attending the Web Summit in Dublin which takes place in Trinity College. We are there to spread the word about Outfarm and talk to companies that are facing the problem...
View ArticleBeta service release scheduled for end of March
We have chosen a few companies to take part in the beta. But the beta will be open to everyone
View ArticleRelease 2: Main development is over
We are happy to announce that the main development for release 2 of the outfarm platform has finished now. This is a major milestone for Outfarm as this brings the date for the roll-out of many...
View ArticleAcceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD)
Acceptance test driven development is an agile software development method that uses the Acceptance tests to establish when a requirement meets the client’s expectation. It is an advanced practice of...
View ArticleUser Acceptance Testing with Selenium IDE: How to handle Javascript Alerts,...
We have been using Selenium successfully as an automated tool for Acceptance Testing all releases from our outsourcing provider. Even though we have written many of the testcases in ruby, using the IDE...
View ArticleRails 3: Functional controller testing when using devise and declarative...
One has to give it to the developers of devise and declarative authorization, they have really created extremely useful gems. As we are using these gems extensively in our own product and also for...
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