August 26, 2021
Custom Software Development, Dev-Ops

Building code and releasing code are not the same, despite what some may think. Most organizations become proficient at the act of creating software including writing code, adding new features, fixing bugs, etc. However, many struggle mightily when it comes to releasing what they’ve made into the world. I would argue releasing code is somewhat of an afterthought for most development teams; it continues despite the recent rise of the DevOps culture. In an effort to kick-start improvements in your...

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July 26, 2021
Custom Software Development

The rise in popularity of open-source software has made the usage of third-party libraries nearly universal. Projects often use dozens of them and those, in turn, use dozens more. We want to avoid reinventing the wheel and if someone else has already solved a problem, it doesn't make sense for us to solve it again. The Good and the Not-So-Good At its best, open-source software provides solutions that have been thoroughly vetted by hundreds or thousands of users. Bugs have been...

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July 7, 2021
iOS Applications

At Phase 2, we not only value writing great software but also managing and delivering that software as efficiently as possible. As a software developer, if I could I would just write code all day and not think about much else. However, when writing production-ready code, the actual writing of the code is just one piece of the bigger pie. An efficient, stable, and dependable release pipeline allows us to focus more time on developing new features. It reduces the...

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June 16, 2021
Android Applications, Mobile App Development

Espresso is a user interface testing kit that allows Android developers to simulate user interactions with their application and verify the results of those interactions. This kit helps ensure your app's very basic regression testing functions without bothering a QA team. However, there is a much greater potential of running into flaky tests when writing integration or user interface tests.  Flaky tests pass or fail inconsistently. Flaky tests exist because the test design contains something not accounted for. It isn’t always...

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May 19, 2021
Business and Culture

The inclusion of Phase 2 in Inc. magazine’s Best Workplaces list this year is a reflection of the company culture that we’ve fostered over 20 years. The saying, "your people are your most important asset" is somewhat of a cliché. But it doesn’t make it any less true. This is even more important in a services business where the effort and talent of our team creates what our customers buy.  Anyone in business will tell you that finding and retaining great...

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