The Modern Software Engineer's Companion

For the last few years, I?have been making?content for my?YouTube channel, training courses,?publishing articles and?free "How To..." guides, and answering lots of questions on social media about how to apply these ideas.

So I started to think about what would be involved in pulling all this information and advice?together, so people could find the advice they need, when they need it:

• getting help with a particular aspect of the?software project that you're currently working on; or
• preparing for a new project by getting guidance on applying sound principles and?great working practises from the outset; or,
• finding the resources to become proficient and confident in applying TDD,?Acceptance Testing, Continuous Delivery and Deployment Pipeline Techniques.

I have created a wiki-style resource, collating my advice, content and references into something that I hope you will find useful: something I have called the

?Modern Software Engineer's Companion

or "MSEC" for short

So far I have created over 200 pages of?valuable?content,?with?guided pathways to help you find the right information and advice for the project you are working on right now, or to work through a pathway, learning and applying these ideas?as you build?your team, feature or?system.

It has that nice wiki feature of being able to go directly to the stuff that interests you, and to explore random, side-paths, as they pique your interest.

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What is in the MSEC?

The idea of the?MSEC is that it is?a growing, organic resource that can help you to find useful answers to problems you are working on, and a guide to learning about the software engineering practices that help you to write better software faster.

The colour-coded headings represent guided paths through the information. So,?if you are interested in Continuous Delivery, or Acceptance Testing or Teamwork and Leadership (for example), you can follow the colour-coded tracks.

So Far, I have created Pathways on:

• Continuous Delivery
• Deployment Pipelines
• Acceptance Testing
• Test Driven?Development
• Teamwork & Leadership

Many of the pages also?have links out to relevant videos from my YouTube channel, relevant articles on the topic (both by?me and other people) and in general pull together what is a lot of useful tutorials, how-to-guides and reference material.

How Can I Get Access to the MSEC?

The MSEC is available as a subscription service via CD?Patreon, with the dual aim that this makes it an affordable resource?and?helps us to fund its ongoing growth and development.?With the support of our Patrons, we will be able to add more and more?new material over the coming months and years.

Take a look at our Patreon site ?to find out about joining, and the range of membership benefits, including accessing the?MSEC.