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Presentation I – Introduction, Situation, Goals & Method

1. October 2019

Bachelor Project

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Company Introduction

Full Service Digital Agency

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Company Introduction

Founded: 2010

Offices: Bern & Basel

Employees: 35

Nearshore & Freelance: 50+

App Store Uploads: 200+

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Where We Began

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“Festival Buddy”

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Reuse Code

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How To Create Many Apps

Efficiently?

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Reuse Code

• Copy & Paste

How To Create Many Apps

Efficiently?

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Reuse Code

• Copy & Paste

• Custom Framework

How To Create Many Apps

Efficiently?

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More Features!

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More Features!

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POIs

Geofencing AnalyticsVideo Gallery

Survey

Twitter Feed

Splash Screen

Push

Locales

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More Features!

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POIs

Vector MapGeofencing

Beacons

Products

Exhibitors

Banner Ad

AnalyticsVideo Gallery

SurveyVouchers

Twitter Feed

Themes Splash Screen

Push

SMS PaymentsLocales

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No Time Left!

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Technical Debt

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More Features +

No Time Left =

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Technical Debt

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Who Needs Unit Tests,

Anyway?

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Guessing Game: What does Util do?

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Where We Are Today

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Bern Welcome

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Patrouille des Glaciers

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Five up

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Where We Want To Go

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Goals Tools

• Improve code quality

•Make (changing) code safer

• Increase developer efficiency

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Goals • Improve code quality

•Make (changing) code safer

• Increase developer efficiency

•Metrics

• Automated Tests

•Documentation

Tools

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How We Want To Do It

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Project Phases

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1. Preparation 2. Execution 3. Conclusion

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Project Phases • Analysis

•Overview of state and usage

• Scope

• Identify core features

•Metrics

•Define and capture quality

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Project Phases • Setup

• Fork, prepare systems

• Prioritization

• Set a strategy

•Development

• Select, refactor, cover, repeat

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Project Phases • Results

• Revisit metrics and goals

•Documentation

•Document and reflect

• Future

•Workflows, roadmap

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Summary

Problem

Technical Debt, hard to make changes

Solution

Improve existing code base through refactoring

Goal

Easier to work on code and make further improvements

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