“If you know how to refactor and know yourself, you need not fear the hundred lines of codes.” — Probably not Sun Tzu As I previously mentioned in the clean code article, the concept of clean code is an integral part to refactoring. What is Refactoring? We are definitely familiar with the term…

“The only journey is the one within.” — Rainer Maria Rilke As a closing for my Software Engineering Project article series, I want to reflect on all the journey that I’ve been through for the past ~4 months. Many things have happened along the way, but the experience is worth…

“Cloud computing is like tab water; you only use it when you need it but available 24/7” — Enamul Haque Why use a Cloud Provider? You have an application ready to deploy, but you are in a dilemma. Maybe if it’s just a hobby project, you will deploy to a Platform-as-a-Service free tier, like Heroku…

“Architecture is about the important stuff. Whatever that is” — Ralph Johnson Admit it, deciding what software architecture to use in your next project is one of toughest decisions we’ve ever made. Maybe I’m overreacting a bit, but for a non-senior engineer like me it is hard because of a…

“Write tests until fear is transformed into boredom” — Phlip, in Beck’s Test-Driven Development by Example You just finished Sprint Planning with your Scrum Team and the current Sprint Backlog has been chosen. Some new tasks were created (based on user stories or product backlog items) and at the same…

It’s been the second sprint of our Software Engineering Project. We’ve been working with our partner for almost 3+ weeks. One key tool for developing our product is Personas. We will discuss how personas can shape the product and what kind of personas we made. How Personas Affect Products According to the Interaction Design…

In the previous article, I wrote about implementing a Scrum in my Software Engineering Project team. One of the actors in the Scrum is Scrum Master, which is I am the Scrum Master of the previous sprint. I got a lot of experience from becoming a Scrum Master + Developers…

Git was one of the most important tools in software development. It works as a version control system for your codebase and allows you to collaborate with other developers in a single codebase. Honestly, I can’t imagine a world without Git, how come developers work with each other in the…

As a Computer Science student at University of Indonesia, especially in the 6th term of our semester, most of us will take a Software Engineering Project. We will be partnered with a real world client (in our case, it’s Justika), solving real world problems with high quality production-grade software. …