Posts From Brad Bisinger

The Failure of the Knowledge Transfer

With any long-running software project, the need to educate others on a block of code, architectural design, or business process will likely occur. These knowledge transfers (or KTs as the cool kids call them) are often needed when a developer or subject matter expert leaves the project (sometimes unexpectedly) or when a project wraps up and is handed off to the client.

The goal is simple - make Person A understand something to the same degree that Person B does. And this sounds appropriate, right? Why wouldn’t you educate the team or client on the inner-workings of a project? There’s nothing wrong with the idea; the problem is, knowledge transfers just don’t work (usually).

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5 Considerations When Looking for a Custom Software Development Company

Custom software development services is a $70 billion market that’s increasing by 5% every year. Needless to say, you have numerous options when it comes to choosing the right custom software development company.

Unlike your favorite hoodie, a one-size-fits-all approach isn’t always best. Organizations need tailored software solutions capable of adapting and scaling alongside continuously changing business needs. This means having the flexibility to modify features over time, tweak functionality, and streamline integration with new systems as infrastructures evolve.

So what should you look for in a software solution provider based on your organization’s needs?

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Simple Confirmation Modals in Lightning

If you’re writing custom Lightning components you’ll eventually need to get a confirmation from the user before proceeding with some action. Perhaps you’ll need to ask approval before deleting a record, or maybe you’ll need final confirmation before launching the missiles. Either way - it’s going to happen and Salesforce isn’t helping you get the job done.

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The UX Design Must Fit the Customer

A positive user experience is the goal of every software design project, but what it means depends on the customer. There isn’t a one-size-fits-all positive UX. An approach which is ideal for one user base can be insulting or bewildering to a different group. The right UX for a product depends on the customer’s business needs, the way the software will be used, and the user base.

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Top 10 Software Projects for Small Financial Companies in 2021

Outside Covid, polarizing elections, economic collapse, and civil war, 2020 was mostly a good year. Now the New Year is with us, at last.

This has always been a period of reflection and planning, that part of each year where you promise yourself to lose weight and become more productive. This not only applies to you and me as humans but also to corporations and companies across the board.

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A Better Way to Communicate from Child to Parent Aura Components

Being able to invoke methods and pass data between parent and child components is critical when building an application structure that is both extensible and easy to use.

One of the basic features of Lightning Aura components is the ability to nest components (components containing other components). Communicating from a Parent Component to a Child Component is easy with Aura.

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