Interesting technologies I encountered while preparing for the Cycle 40 Andela Bootcamp

I think to write this post because preparing and actually partaking in this the Andela Bootcamp exercise actually unveiled a plethora of technologies I could use to supercharge my development workflow. These I would talk about in this post.

This is my first on the list because I particularly was ignorant of the necessity of using git in developing software. What impressed me the most was the dynamic workflow git afforded me.

From efficiently tracking each change I made in my code base, to working on different aspects of my code using branches and having a steady pipeline I could rely on for the release of my final output. Git is awesome, simply put!

I was able to track failing builds per changes made through pull requests on git branches, and optimally resolve the errors.

Code Climate combines line-by-line test coverage reports, technical debt assessments, and style checks in every pull request to your develop/master branch so that I can merge clear, maintainable, and well-tested code.

Code Climate, in turn, provides an open and extensible platform that ensures good code health. It gives the ability to take charge of your code quality by including fully configurable test coverage also emphasizing data maintainability throughout workflow development.

This was equally important, I was looking for a way to check the mobile responsiveness of the front pages and debug conveniently. Normally when building for large screens on tends to depend on the chrome devtools to debug and optimise web pages, but on mobile, constraints are present in using mobile devices of different screen sizes to accurately test the mobile compatibility of the web pages across platforms.

Using remote device debugging on Google Chrome, helped me debug and optimise the front end pages much better than I hoped for.

Finally, enrolling in the bootcamp exercise required that I use these tools in such a manner than I have never done before, ensuring a complete convenient workflow and also enabling me to deliver efficiently during development.

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