What is the best way to measure QA in scrum? We have members who typically test and they are measured against how many bugs they find. If they don't find any bugs then they are considered to be doing a bad job. However, it is my understanding that the developers and quality people are considered one in the same. I would think that th...
im taking image uploads on a website and changing the images to thumbnails that fit onto a 100 x 100 white square. the problem is that the images look like they dont anti-alias properly. images sized down in photoshop look smooth, but these look crunchy, like super sharpened. take a look at these samples, showing full size on the left...
I am building a portfolio site which dynamically loads large hi-res images when the user clicks on a thumnail. However I'm having problems maintaining the original image's quality when resizing it to fit the current browser. Currently I'm just adjusting the width & height properties of the image to width to the stage proportionally whi...
Hi all, I would like to know why the quality of my image is low in DOM PDF. The following image: http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/6996/top3.gif The borders are 1px and everything looks sharp. If I include the image in a HTML document with DOMPDF, everything works great, but the quality of the image is not really sharp. Output: img...
I am currently using Flash CS4 to make some sprites. The sprite is completely vector based and should therefore have good quality. However, once I apply some 3D properties to anything, it becomes very aliased. Is there some quality setting I'm missing? ...
I have been in the process of learning Javascript to complement ASP.NET. I have a strong background in general programming, and have always been an advocate of disciplined practices and good hygiene to reduce the error count in code. However, the language that Javascript is seems to make this very difficult. Its dynamic and interpreted ...
I was wondering, should a website landing page be simple or comprehensive? I'm sure there are benefits for both, I personally like comprehensive... But i noticed my page now resembles Google reader, in that the frame of the site loads and then starts loading all the pictures etc.... My question is, is it appropriate to have a landing p...
hi, i'm looking for a free tool, which i can use local to do javascript and php codreviewing. if it's even easy to install you'll be my hero! any experiences, preferences, suggestions, commendations? thanks in advice. p.s.: if there is no adequate tool which can handle both good enough, i will be happy with a combination of two tools...
I uploaded my videos to youtube to make use of the multi-quality features.. and I noticed that when I play them on the youtube website, they appear in 3 qualities with the ability to show the the forth HD quality if I hacked the mt parameter, while -the problem- it shows only with the 360p and 420p qualities .. Unlike all other questio...
When choosing code-reviewers for your project what qualities you see/prefer in the candidates (the one who does review)? # of years of experience? time availability (not selecting very busy guys) one whose code gets least comment senior junior ladder (juniors can't do seniors code review) inside team or someone outsider ... ...
I am aware that this could be seen as subjective but this is definitely not my intention. I am always on the hunt for techniques that I may have never heard of that help improve both productivity and quality of software engineers. In particular I am looking for tools, techniques, approaches, tips and tricks, best practices, etc. that he...
Hello, As a code formatter in my git repository as a post commit hook, I use astyle in Java mode which is very cool. But does anyone knows a code formatter that can reoganize the code (ctors, accessors, mutators, etc ...), and reassemble them together ? Regards ...
What is the best way of comparing code complexity of functional language and imperative language? In my case I have to compare complexity of certain programs written in F# and C++. As for now as a code quality measure I am using lines of source code. ...
Hi, I have an embedded youtube API player (example code) which is controlled via javascript. Everything works fine, but I have problems getting and setting the video quality. Please have a look at the following piece of code: ytplayer.loadVideoById("MXRa0DkBc2I", "0"); ytplayer.playVideo(); //alert("foo"); ytpl...
What is the problem that no industrial level refactoring tool for C/C++ have been created, I only need a tool that "just works"? What I mean by "industrial level" is a quality provided by JetBrains products (IntelliJ, ReSharper), or above. Any available solutions (including Visual Assist from Tomato Software or Eclipse CDT) are not matu...
In developing a large C++ programming project with many developers, we have run into issues with inappropriate use of assert() in the code which results in poor quality where the assertion does indeed occur and the product crashes. The question is what are good principles to apply to use assert() appropriately? When is it proper to use...
I have an iPhone application which allows you to mix several samples with Audio Queue Services. When I developed this app for iPhone OS 3.0, I sometimes had a glitch where the audio would sound as if the treble had been muted. When I restarted the app it was gone. Now, I had to do some fixes for iOS 4.0/4.1 so I opened up the project, b...
Hi everybody, Reading about Geometry Processing, I have realized that people in this area are very interested in regular vertices(degree=6) rather than irregular ones. Can anybody give me reasons why this is an important property? Suppose that we can have a mesh with all regular vertices (genus 1) but with a very poor geometry position...
Hey everyone, I've got the answer of my last problem. Now, there is a new big problem! I have looked for much information, and found two companies which mainly match our requirement. Before everything ,I want to know more about their condition for making sure whether they are worth our purchasing. Pls give me more suggestions.Thank u soo...
In Flash I have some PNG images, and I wish these images to become 50% larger on hover. However the tween I have used to make them larger distorts the quality of the images considerably. For the tween I am not using any external libraries and I am using a standard scaleX tween. Is there a way around this loss of quality? ...