Software development
Definitions related to software development, including tech terms about programming and words and phrases about Scrum, Agile and waterfall methodologies.
Agile software development
Definitions related to agile software development, including terms about Scrum and words and phrases about user stories, extreme programming (XP), Crystal, feature-driven development and Adaptive.
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What is behavior-driven development (BDD)?
Behavior-driven development (BDD) is an Agile development methodology that documents, designs and develops software around the behavior a user expects to experience when interacting with an app.
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What is Capability Maturity Model (CMM)?
The Capability Maturity Model (CMM) is a methodology used to develop and refine an organization's software development process.
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What is YAGNI principle (you aren't gonna need it)?
YAGNI principle ('you aren't gonna need it') is a practice in software development that states that features should only be added when required..
AppDev
Definitions about software applications and development including operating system vocabulary, programming terminology, words about Internet applications and terms used in app/dev.
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What is Capability Maturity Model (CMM)?
The Capability Maturity Model (CMM) is a methodology used to develop and refine an organization's software development process.
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What is functional testing and how does it work?
Functional testing is a type of software testing intended to ensure that the software behaves as expected and its output meets end user or business expectations.
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What is technical requirements?
In software development and systems engineering, technical requirements define what is needed to ensure a desired system function or behavior will work as expected.
DevOps
This glossary contains definitions related to the DevOps movement. Some definitions explain the meaning of words used to describe how a DevOps culture breaks down silos between software development and operations teams. Other definitions are related to the software tools that DevOps engineers use to lower costs, achieve higher productivity and automate tasks.
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What is behavior-driven development (BDD)?
Behavior-driven development (BDD) is an Agile development methodology that documents, designs and develops software around the behavior a user expects to experience when interacting with an app.
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What is MySQL?
MySQL is a popular, scalable, user-friendly, open source and free relational database management system (RDBMS) that uses Structured Query Language (SQL) to store, manage, and manipulate data.
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What is YAML (YAML Ain't Markup Language)?
YAML (YAML Ain't Markup Language) is a data serialization language used as the input format for diverse software applications.
Programming
Definitions related to software programming, including tech terms about programming languages and words and phrases about software design, coding, testing and debugging.
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What is Capability Maturity Model (CMM)?
The Capability Maturity Model (CMM) is a methodology used to develop and refine an organization's software development process.
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What is fuzzy logic?
Fuzzy logic is an approach to computing based on degrees of truth rather than the usual true or false -- 1 or 0 -- Boolean logic on which the modern computer is based.
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What are functional requirements?
Functional requirements are the desired operations of a program or system.