What to Expect In a Project Kickoff Workshop, 729 Solutions will make sure your project is starting off strong with our time-tested project management processes. We’ll walk through each of the steps that we’ll be taking to get your project across the finish line and make sure you know what information, access, the documentation you’ll… Continue reading Project Kickoff
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APIs are Key Part of System Integrations
What’s an API? Here at 729 Solutions we spend a lot of time talking about APIs, but do you know what that means, what they are meant for, or why they are important? API stands for Application Programming Interface, which simply put is a set of clear definitions and methods for communicating with a particular… Continue reading APIs are Key Part of System Integrations
How to Create a Custom Strategy with the Devise Gem
Devise is a very helpful gem used to resolve authentication in a Ruby on Rails environment. In the words of the Devise team, “Devise is a flexible authentication solution for Rails based on Warden.” Upon seeing this definition you now know that Devise works with another gem called “Warden”. So when working with the Devise… Continue reading How to Create a Custom Strategy with the Devise Gem
How to Use New Relic to Help Speed Up Your Development Projects
Have you ever wondered how to make your development projects run smoothly especially when it comes down to figuring out why features are throwing errors or not functioning to specifications? In this post, I will show you how 729Solutions used the tools at New Relic to circumvent these pain points for a complex mobile application… Continue reading How to Use New Relic to Help Speed Up Your Development Projects
HTML, CSS, and JavaScript: An Evolution and Influence on Zendesk
The internet turned 30 years old this month and it is mind-blowing to think where it all started and how it has evolved over the years. The internet has changed the way we do business, shop, communicate, work, learn and so much more. I am very interested in the technologies behind this evolution, so I… Continue reading HTML, CSS, and JavaScript: An Evolution and Influence on Zendesk
Inside the Mind of a Front End Developer: One Request, Many Possibilities
Being a front end developer is sometimes an odd place to find yourself. Your work is translating a designer’s designs into HTML and CSS, sometimes JavaScript too. In the best-case scenario, requests are easy to implement because you have a good PSD file and a good relationship with the designer. But anyone who has ever… Continue reading Inside the Mind of a Front End Developer: One Request, Many Possibilities
Why Is Software Testing So Important To Successful Engineering?
Why We Test Much has been written about software testing. There are examples and tutorials for every kind of software testing under the sun at the end of a Google search. Unit tests, Smoke tests, UI tests, workflow tests, Load tests, and Hydration tests, just to name but a few! As Developers write code, they… Continue reading Why Is Software Testing So Important To Successful Engineering?
729 Solutions In The News: Pivotal Tracker praises 729 Solutions!
We get to work with many amazing Bay Area companies and sometimes they enjoy working with us so much they write about us! Check out this blog post from Pivotal Tracker whom we have the pleasure to work with. Pivotal Tracker Here at 729 Solutions we deeply believe in the practice of agile development, and… Continue reading 729 Solutions In The News: Pivotal Tracker praises 729 Solutions!
Common Developer Acronyms: Part 2
Do you work in the non-technical part of tech and find yourself needing a Wikipedia page open at all times when talking to your developers or find it hard to keep up when they start talking shop? Five MORE developer acronyms to have in your pocket for your next meeting. CRUD: Create, read, update and… Continue reading Common Developer Acronyms: Part 2
5 Developer Acronyms for the Non-Technical Employee
Sometimes you find yourself in a meeting slyly googling the language the developer is using trying to keep up with the long list of acronyms and funny words used to describe tools, platforms, and languages in tech. Here are five acronyms to have under your belt for your next meeting. 5 Acronyms for the Non-Technical… Continue reading 5 Developer Acronyms for the Non-Technical Employee