Web App Jump Start Comparison: Generated UI
Written By: Steve Zagieboylo, Senior Architect at Calavista This is the third in the author’s blog series comparing two “jump start” tools for making Java-based Web Applications: JHipster Cuba Framework Both of these platforms create for you an application with a ton of functionality. There is a tremendous value just to starting with […]
Web App Jump Start Comparison: Setup and Start
Written By: Steve Zagieboylo, Senior Architect at Calavista This is the second in the author’s blog series comparing two “jump start” tools for making Java-based Web Apps: Jhipster Cuba Framework To the amusement of my colleagues at Calavista, I am constantly saying how much I hate computers. I don’t, of course, but what […]
Using Alba to Test ASP.NET Services
Written By: Jeremy Miller One of our projects at Calavista right now is helping a client modernize and optimize a large .Net application, with the end goal of being everything running on .Net 5 and an order of magnitude improvement in system throughput. As part of the effort to upgrade the web services, I […]
Web App Jump Start Comparison
Written By: Steve Zagieboylo, Senior Architect at Calavista One thing Calavista does very well as a company is building Web Applications from scratch. If you have a great idea for an application and you plan to bet your life savings on building a company around it, a smart move would be to find a […]
Yes, Virginia, Continuous Deployment Does Have Controls and Approvals: Part 3
Written By: Daniel Kulvicki, Solutions Director at Calavista In my last two blogs, I went over the specifics of Continuous Deployment and gave some examples of how you can enforce quality and controls even though you are releasing at breakneck speeds. To finish off my series, we will dive into Dark Launches and Feature […]
Software and Sourdough
Written By: Steve Zagieboylo, Senior Architect at Calavista My non-computer hobby since quarantine started has been making sourdough bread. I created my own starter and I’ve been making bread almost every weekend since last March. I’ve gotten pretty good at it, such that commercial bread now is unacceptable to anyone in my family. (In […]
What Can The IRS Do For You?
Written By: Andrew Fruhling, Chief Operating Officer at Calavista As you start the new year and set your goals, I suggest looking into how the IRS can actually help you. I’ve seen many cases where it has improved the user experience for key customers, built product capability beyond your team’s capacity and accomplished so much more. As […]
Shopping for Quality- How to Ensure You’re Hiring a Company That Can Deliver
Written By: Lawrence Waugh, Founder at Calavista I’ve written before that most people who are looking for a software development firm to deliver code for them tend to really care about 3 things. Those things are: 1) Price2) Quality3) Speed of delivery There’s no surprise there – those are the things we all care […]
Software on a Budget- Charting the Least Expensive Path to a Successful Delivery
Written By: Lawrence Waugh, Founder at Calavista I’ve a friend who’s a software architect for a large (Fortune-100ish) financial institution. If you ask him what his company’s priorities are when working on a software project, it’s simple. The number one priority is security. Scalability is a distant 2nd. Everything else is noise. If it’s […]
Waterfall Versus Agile
Written By: Jeremy Miller, Senior Architect at Calavista In Episode 401 of Software Engineering Radio, host Jeff Doolittle spoke with our Senior Software Architect, Jeremy Miller about his experiences with waterfall and agile software methodologies. Jeff and Jeremy spoke about the history of these methodologies, and what elements of them have been either detrimental or […]
