Friday, March 27, 2015

The Joel Test For Programmers (The Simple Programmer Test)

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A while back—the year 2000 to be exact—Joel Spolsky wrote a blog post entitled: “The Joel Test: 12 Steps to Better Code.”

Many software engineers and developers use this test for evaluating a company to determine if a company is a good company to work for.
In fact, many software development organizations use the Joel Test as a sort of self-test to determine what they need to work on.
Here is what the Joel Test looks like, in case you aren’t familiar:
The Joel Test
  1. Do you use source control?joel-spolsky
  2. Can you make a build in one step?
  3. Do you make daily builds?
  4. Do you have a bug database?
  5. Do you fix bugs before writing new code?
  6. Do you have an up-to-date schedule?
  7. Do you have a spec?
  8. Do programmers have quiet working conditions?
  9. Do you use the best tools money can buy?
  10. Do you have testers?
  11. Do new candidates write code during their interview?
  12. Do you do hallway usability testing?

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