Deacom has invested significant resources into bolstering its automated testing over the past few years. Building automated tests may not have the same glamor as building a new feature in the software, but its importance cannot be stressed enough. I recently had an opportunity to sit down with the Deacom automated testing team to talk …
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In this 2nd excerpt from an internal programming discussion on Deacom’s ERP software, Jay Deakins talks about the impact that retrieving data out of the database has on performance. The mailbox example he provides is a great analogy for a way to improve the structure of data retrieval within the system. The full transcription follows: …
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Following the overarching concept that everything programmed into Deacom’s ERP software can be made to work twice as fast, this excerpt captures the guidance provided to the internal development team on where to focus their efforts when looking to improve the performance of the system. The full transcription follows: I’ll start with a statement that if each one of you …
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