Every year Ibuildings organises an international conference on PHP technology: the Dutch PHP Conference (DPC). Last week was already the 11th edition of our successful conference where some 630 developers, software architects and community members come together in the Amsterdam RAI.
Tom Schenkenberg
July 5, 2017
When custom business software becomes obsolete, many organizations choose almost automatically to have completely new software built. Renovation is often not considered. While in 70 percent of the cases it is more successful and cheaper. It is an interesting option, which I would always consider. Because that old application often has great treasures hidden in it.
Tom Schenkenberg
May 15, 2017
In order to focus on core activities, organisations often know very well which tasks they have to do themselves or can outsource. But as soon as it comes to the software that supports the same core business, there is strikingly less straightforward thinking about it.
Tom Schenkenberg
March 27, 2017
Now that organisations are consciously making the transition from ‘business’ to ‘online business’, web applications and other software are becoming more and more decisive for their success. When choosing between ‘custom or standard software’, a mix is becoming more and more interesting, but how do you find the perfect balance?
Tom Schenkenberg
February 21, 2017
For many years Ibuildings has had a formalized way of reviewing people’s skill sets. This system enables tracking of skills and relative changes in those skills over the years, across the organization.
Matthias Noback
January 25, 2017
Last Friday I attended the DomCode conference in Utrecht. This is a very friendly, inclusive, welcoming conference.
Matthias Noback
November 7, 2016
In previous articles we answered some important questions already: why would you write tests in the first place? And, will it make you faster or slower?
Matthias Noback
September 1, 2016
In this article we’ll discuss costs and benefits of writing tests.
Matthias Noback
August 26, 2016
If you’re a programmer it’s your inherent responsibility to prove that the production software you deliver:
Matthias Noback
August 19, 2016
At Ibuildings we had been anticipating DPC 2016 for quite some time. Our internal DPC crew rebooted in January, starting with an update of the website and a mailing to announce that the Call for Papers was open again.
Matthias Noback
July 4, 2016
Last week I’ve been attending, and speaking at, the NCrafts conference in Paris.
Matthias Noback
May 13, 2016
A while ago, somebody asked me for some reading material on JavaScript best practices. This was the moment I realized that Douglas Crockford’s JavaScript: The Good Parts is actually outdated.
Scato Eggen
April 20, 2016
Do you want your websites users to log in? For certain types you would, but often there is no need. The Ibuildings website does not allow you to register an account and log in. Why would it?
Boy Baukema
April 15, 2016
Developers love object-oriented code. But how can this be achieved with Drupal 7 entities?
Eric Pinxteren
April 14, 2016