OutSystems Engineering Blog Highlights in 2018
Wow! It’s been quite a year, and we really outdid ourselves — we published dozens of blog posts! Our engineers, designers, product designers, product owners, and more “set pen to paper” and wrote about what they do, how they do it, and why. We shared what we do at OutSystems Engineering, and our blog has become an open window to the world. Here are the highlights of 2018. We can’t wait to see what 2019 brings.
Technology
Drag and Drop It Like It’s Hot: Setting Up the Ultimate Gestures Glamour
Early in the year, we released a blog post about drag and drop, which is a natural interaction for moving things around the screen. Rita Dias showed you how to set up a native-like menu with seamless, smooth transitions. She brought a touch of glamour to the interaction, too, with the help of a couple fluffy alpacas.
How to Teach a Child About Asymmetric Cryptography
If you think that cryptography, encryption, decryption, and public and private keys are pretty complex concepts, join the club. Luckily for us, Tiago Simões decided to explain them in this post as if he were teaching them to a child.
Craftsmanship
How to Build the Ultimate Reusable Web Chat Component
A special one for components fans; Rui Mendes shared how you can create a web chat component that you can reuse, instead of having to create one from scratch every single time.
Here Comes the Sun
This post is about how our product designer, aka inventor-of-all-things, Ricardo Ferreira, built a crazy monitoring system for his solar panel with an old Android phone and an OutSystems app! Because yes, you can!
Product
Make OutSystems Apps Stand Out: Splash Screen Customization
Focusing on all the OutSystems developers out there, César Afonso explained how to improve a mobile app experience by customizing splash screens with OutSystems.
A Container for Your App, My Dear!
After launching OutSystems 11, we released a series of blog posts about how we built it. In this one, Ricardo Marques focused in on the details of our container implementation.
Perspectives
Grow Fast, Change Faster: Accountability Is Fundamental When Scaling
More than a buzzword, accountability becomes absolutely essential when working at a fast-growing company. In this post, Vasco Pessanha detailed some accountability techniques that worked well in his team to increase productivity and value.
The Evolution of Low-Code: Welcome to the Machine
Software development is changing. Gonçalo Veiga brought us this blog post that looks at the rise of low-code development platforms, the rise of machine learning and artificial intelligence, the implications of intelligence applied to software development, and its ramifications.
Culture
From Developer to Product Owner
The story of Tiago Leão, a restless developer who wanted to do more. Luckily, he found Product Ownership. At OutSystems, we have well-defined career paths that empower your growth and allow you to follow your calling. This is an example.
What on Earth Are We Doing Here?
Tiago Simões’s very personal story about what motivates him to work at OutSystems. Or as he likes to call it: ramblings about products, people, and purpose.
