In R52, our team launched a new licensed feature for users to create custom asset hierarchies. The UI is a familiar spreadsheet-like interface, and we kept the backend logic simple by borrowing a concept from the front-end library React. In the process, we gained some valuable insight into writing maintainable code. In this post, I’ll…
Developer Productivity Software development
In our experience there are two reasons to migrate from one WYSIWYG editor (or any large library) to another: The business needs have changed and the current choice does not support those needs The management of the library changed and resulted in support degradation Seeq uses many libraries for various purposes, and one of the…
Frontend Software development
Navigation Ctrl+shift+left/right arrow key Select the word to the left/right of your cursor. These are probably my most commonly used keyboard shortcuts both at work and on my personal computer. I highly recommend them to people who currently don’t use any keyboard shortcuts at all. Shift+up/down arrow key This one selects the line above or…
Developer Productivity Keyboard Shortcuts
When I started coding (waaay back in the late 90s) testing wasn’t even on the radar. I was living fast on Perl and PHP, having fun with how quickly I could code up some idea, reload Netscape, and see an instant change. Many years, books, projects, and tests later I now have some (hopefully well-grounded)…
React Software development Testing