Questions tagged [prototyping]
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Proof of Concept and Use Case Scope
We're busy with a proof-of-concept to replace an existing system, but there's disagreement on how one limits the scope of the use case(s).
We're managing multiple resources across multiple projects so ...
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How do you use version control systems while you are in a long design spike phase?
In some recent projects, I found myself having some longer spike phases in which I build many cheap prototypes and explore different design decisions, long before I would consider my code of ...
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What’s the difference between incremental and throw-away prototyping?
As far as I know, throw-away prototyping involves creation of prototypes in iterations where each prototype is discarded after one iteration. For incremental prototyping, the resources I referred to ...
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Does an increment always involve a working prototype?
I would like to ask a question about Scrum. At the end of a Sprint, when we have the Sprint Review, we present an Increment.
The guide says that this Increment has to be potentially releasable.
My ...
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Mixing Creational Patterns - Prototype and Builder
Out of 5 creational design, would Builder and Prototype mixture be a valid use?
The reason for this question is - Builder assists building complex objects with various combinations of attributes. But ...
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Convincing "agile" product managers of the value of planning
Became tech lead of a startup a few months ago. Software development is under Product in the org chart.
Even by startup standards the codebase I've inherited is poor. Example: the dev team took three ...
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Should a Product Owner be responsible for an initial prototype?
Is it typical that a Product Owner (or even a BA) creates a high-level prototype/wireframe of a system based on the requirements document to ensure that the requirements are clear enough to start ...
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How many valid users to test the software that has been developed?
Anyone know, how many users are valid to use the prototype of the software that we have made? I have conducted research on the reference to the "Software Engineering A Practitioner's Approach book ...
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Should I be unit testing during prototyping/preparing for beta?
I am developing a web application for an industry that desperately needs it. Working with a consultant in the industry, I’ve rapidly developed a prototype in 2 months that we will be testing with a ...
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Demo versus Prototype [closed]
What are the differences between a demo and a prototype in software engineering?
My research taught me that a prototype is typically the minimum viable software needed to allow users to test its ...
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Liskov's substitution principle and prototypical languages
Do prototypical languages provide a remedy from Liskov's problem?
So the way I see this is: a subclass is very tightly coupled with it's superclass and this creates subtle side effects when ...
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Struct "prototypes" in (plain)C?
As the title says, can it be done?
struct Room{
char *type; //Lecture hall, laboratory, etc.
char *name;
int *capacity; //How may people it can hold
struct Building *building;
};
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Javascript: Invest in ES6 or learn prototype fundamentals [closed]
As a budding software engineer, what is worth time-investment in terms of Javascript? I'm interested in long term payoffs in terms of a deeper understanding of languages, tech, software engineering, ...
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Emulating classes in Javascript
Lets take the following example of inheritance in javascript:
var Employee = function(name, salary) {
Person.call(this, name);
this.name = name;
this.salary = salary;
}
Employee.prototype = ...
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Is it bad to access the constructor prototype within the constructor?
Most places where I have seen prototypes defined for a constructor it was done like so.
var Person = function(){
this.stuff = stuff;
}
Person.prototype.doSomething = function(){console.log("...
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