Suppose, you want to check if a file exists on a filesystem. Typically, you can do the following: import os # Is it a file? os.path.isfile(filename) For any valid paths on the FS, you can do import os # Does it exist? os.path.exists(path) In this case, directories, files, symlinks and any other valid existing path return True. Object oriented way to do the same import pathlib # For Python 2.
Can we say that marketing and user experience design are two sides of the same coin? I asked myself this very question until I started learning about UX and using it in practice. My name is Kate Golovatyuk. I’m a marketing manager, and my aim is to learn everything that can potentially help me promote my company in the best possible way and define areas of improvement to satisfy our clients and become as attractive as possible to our future clients.
This book is exactly what a company like ours requires at this point of transition. So far, it is the most sophisticated book on integrating agile practices I've read. I would totally recommend it for reading to those, who have learned the basics and now want to master them .
As a customer, I want to access the application to make an order. How does that sound? Is it too dry? Do you need to know more about the person trying to make an order? Is it fun enough to get cracking at the code? Recently, I came across a great articlethat says that the “as a user approach” is not the best way to go about stories and instead, recommends a more empathetic approach.
Alright, so you are starting a new web, mobile or other software project. Now, make sure that everything is ready for the development activities. Check, if you are up to a good start by using this checklist.
Creating good user stories is vital to any scrum project. Here is a simple approach to creating a backlog items for those who have little experience with that.
Assess and improve your product owner’s skills. This checklist contains key points that you need as a product owner to maximize the effectiveness of your scrum team. Consider this list as a reminder of the best practices.
I want to have an email templates stored in my Django database so that admins can manage them without me changing the
code. The requirement is to have HTML-emails support as well as an ability to send files attached. Neither standard
Django send_mail nor other builtin features don’t support that feature so below you can find my solution to that
problem.
Launching a new app is not just a matter of uploading your creation to the app store, crossing your fingers and hoping for the best. Even if you think your app is the next big thing and about to change the world, if nobody has heard of it then you aren’t going to get too many downloads. Successfully launching an app takes a lot of ground work, and not just the day before launch. I’m talking about from the very first moment the app idea was thought off.
What is Software Requirements Specification for? Creating a business, product or a piece of software, is a complicated and long winded process that starts with clearly defining the end goal. Setting a clear target is one of the most crucial things you should do before getting down to the execution. Solid planning already ensures 50% of your future success, right from the get go. The software requirements specification, very often, is the developer’s bible, for guidance and direction.