Jean-Francois Bibeau - Developer Productivity

A popular paradigm to consider when creating or retooling a complex development environment is bundling it in a virtual machine (VM). Tools such as Vagrant make this easy and appealing. This post will attempt to explore some of the pros and cons of development environments contained within a virtual machine.…

About Developer Productivity

Productivity is defined as “the effectiveness of productive effort, especially in industry, as measured in terms of the rate of output per unit of input.” Therefore, developer Productivity can be described as a concept, set of tools or processes, or a team that is dedicated to enhancing the efficiency of other developers with the goal of allowing them to increase their overall output.

This concept and the responsibilities of the team in charge of developer productivity can be varied throughout different companies, however after a number of meetings it became clear that the teams mostly focus on a few key areas. Unfortunately, the developers at different companies don’t seem to discuss, have meet-ups, or work together on allied goals.