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Alternative Methodologies to Agile

Beyond Agile: Dev Methodologies to Fit Your Project

Brian Jacobs Agile, Articles, Development Technologies & Tools, Project Management 1 Comment

Sometimes, Agile isnโ€™t the best choice, even if it is the most highly touted. Sometimes, itโ€™s worth thinking critically about the project and its requirements to select a methodology that works better. In this post, I will explore a few of those Agile alternatives.

Kendo Grid: A Primer For First-Time Users

Brian Jacobs Articles, Cloud, Development Technologies & Tools, Tutorial, Vue.js Leave a Comment

This is my take on working with Kendo Grid in a Vue 3 project. While I have not explored the grid functionality to the nth degree, these are some things I like about the grid, some difficulties I had implementing it, and some workarounds and quirks I have discovered. Specifically, I will be referring to the Vue implementation of Kendo Grid and the Native Components. This is not to be confused with the Kendo UI for Vue Wrappers.

Kendo Grid is a very robust tool for displaying data in table format. Out-of-the-box features include sorting, filtering, and pagination. Simply defining the column schema with a few config options will have the grid set up quickly. A few features that require more coding and configuration are column collapsing, adding a toolbar, displaying aggregated fields, using custom cell components, implementing column groups, and exporting grid data to a file.

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JavaScript Shortcuts from a Seasoned Professional

Brian Jacobs Articles, JavaScript, Programming, Tutorial Leave a Comment

Iโ€™ve spent the past 15 years of my career working as a web developer. Over those years, Iโ€™ve learned and created various shortcuts to help ease development. So, I figured Iโ€™d share them with you. This short write up lists some of the JavaScript tips and tricks that Iโ€™ve picked up during my career.

The first snippet Iโ€™ll cover is one Iโ€™ve only used in a very specific, unique circumstance. It may not be relevant to all of you, but I wanted to share for the few it would apply to. The rest are snippets I use on nearly a daily basis. No matter your situation or requirements, you should be able to find at least one that you can adopt.