Family computers, dev languages, and client briefs (Not the underpants)
Here’s what we’ve been reading this week, a look back at the family computer, looking forward to the future of retail, and more.
We’re proud to announce we’re on G-Cloud 10
We’re excited to announce our inclusion into the Cloud Support category of the G-Cloud 10 Framework, part of the United Kingdom’s official Digital Marketplace.
Automate non-functional tests with Puppeteer and Lighthouse
Puppeteer and Lighthouse could be about to change the way we execute our non-functional tests
Rubik remade, storytelling and user experience, and a round of applause for variable fonts
Here’s some stuff we’ve read this past week as the heatwave cooled off.
From belly to brain: Turning gut feelings into explanations using Kanban
As someone who has worked in delivery for a while I have come to trust my instincts and know when certain suggestions aren’t going to help a team to deliver. But you need more than instincts to be able to explain situations clearly to your clients. Thanks to a recent Kanban training course I now have the language and solid examples backed by theory to do just that.
Firefox changes, meaningful work, and Agile in the real world
Here’s what we’ve read this week while waiting for the rain to go away and for the sun to return.
How I got inspired at Women of Silicon Roundabout
A few weeks ago, I attended Women of Silicon Roundabout in London. It was a lovely couple of days with inspiring and motivating talks by women in the tech industry.
Cloud, automation, and accessible gaming
Between ice cream licks and trying to subtly wipe away sweat drips, here’s some stuff we’ve read this week.
When life gives you lemons… you throw a party
I’ve heard numerous tales about the famous Red Badger summer parties, and this year I was lucky enough to not only attend, but also take on the challenge of branding the weekend. The Badgers and their plus ones were flown off to Malaga for a weekend of music, massages and mojitos.
Why Prettier is already adding value and being adopted fast.
Prettier is an opinionated code formatter with support for multiple languages and frameworks. It removes all original styling and ensures that all outputted code is consistent, increasing readability and eliminating arguments (think the ‘religious’ wars over tabs vs. spaces).
How ReasonML could become the recommended way to write future React applications
ReasonML, created by the same person that originally created React, is a new syntax for the OCaml language that is meant to be welcoming to JavaScript developers. Reason lets you write simple, fast and quality type safe code while leveraging both the JavaScript & OCaml ecosystems.
Elm, what does the future have in store?
Elm is a pure, functional language that compiles to JavaScript. It is a delightful language to build reliable websites and webapps. It has a very strong emphasis on simplicity, ease-of-use, and quality tooling.
Why Pipeline as Code is adding value.
This forms part of the ‘Everything as Code’ evolution, enabling the same code repository to not only describe and implement the required functionality (through source code), but also how this functionality will be built, tested and deployed to production systems.
Looking to try CSS in Javascript? Have a read to see which approach to take
As the name would suggest, this is all about defining cascading stylesheets in JavaScript. It provides an abstraction of CSS using JavaScript as a language to describe styles in a declarative and maintainable way. The CSS in JS is compiled either at runtime or server- side providing high performance with very low overhead.
What's Infrastructure as Code (IaC)?
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) refers to the definition and management of IT infrastructure (e.g. networks, virtual machines, load balancers, firewalls, etc.) in a declarative manner, i.e as source code. Declarative IaC has the powerful property of immutability: one particular set of inputs (i.e. version of source code) will only ever produce one configuration of infrastructure.
We're BIMA finalists for the 'Transformation & Consultancy: Impact' Award
We are very proud to announce that Red Badger has been shortlisted for the ‘Transformation & Consultancy: Impact’ in the BIMA 2018 awards.
Microplatforms. The best enabler of continuous deployment ever.
Extremely high levels of automation in the area of infrastructure provisioning and container orchestration have recently enabled a capability we are calling microplatforms - small, and fully capable platforms for microservices applications.
Programming, Pride, and Pokémon - Two weeks at Red Badger
As is the way for every student in Year 10 at Sydenham School, I had to go out on two weeks of work experience. After research into various businesses and emails to and from several contacts, I eventually decided that Red Badger would be my choice of place for the two weeks.
Automating tasks and tests with Headless Browser Testing
Headless Browser Testing is a way to run a browser in a headless environment. Essentially, running Chrome without chrome! It brings all modern web platform features provided by Chromium and the Blink rendering engine to the command line. Other browsers have followed suit, with Firefox now offering a headless mode as well.
Machine learning: Surpassing humans in quality? Or still subject to "human error"?
Machine learning is the science of getting computers to act without being explicitly programmed. Find out why our team added machine learning to this year's Tech Round Table and why it's adding value.