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Jan Stöckli, Mendix is Engineering, Not Just Low-Code Workshop | CTF Stream2 | YouTubeToText
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This content emphasizes the critical importance of high-quality software development, particularly within the Mendix low-code platform, by detailing best practices, potential pitfalls, and strategies for achieving robust and maintainable applications.
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me first. Good.
Hey there.
Mantix is not engineering.
Uh, Mandix is engineering, not just low code.
My name is Yan Stley. I came from the
beautiful burn in Switzerland. I have
two hobbies. One is art. I do tradition
traditional Swiss paper cutting.
Um I take uh black paper and
cut out white shapes. So that a picture
is creating.
My other hobby is programming.
I work a lot with computers.
Um I starting using computers
um early because
dyslexia
um which make it very hard to read and
write. So with computer it make it more
easier for me. Um
after my apprenticeship I study medical information.
information.
This is an IT
um with focus on healthcare.
More than 10 years ago I feel in love
with flow code
and yeah I do other platforms. Um but of
course Mandix is my favorite platform. I
in many project I see that important
practice are not fully stricted
uh in low code other than in high code.
I believe this is wrong. Um
Um
it will be take closer look at the at
following topics step by step. We will
talk about why is good quality so
important, how we can achieve good
quality software and what will be the
We look why good quality is so important.
important.
Um, we have an app
that is running with Mandix 7. We have
it built long ago and the plan was to do
it with uh to do a app with Mandix
hybrid mobile.
it was the perfect fit for the customer
but now it outdated.
Then Mandix 9 is arrived and
um we have um Mendix native apps. So it
give us a beautiful UI but the data
structure in the background must change
for the customer. This was too expensive.
expensive.
So we need another option.
Um it must be efficient, secure and sustainable.
But we have two Um
Um
we are a large company. We have um many
of our developers using high code.
We have a security
cyber security team. We have data and
AI. We have specialists for cloud devops
and we have a mobile team.
Together we found a solution.
We use a flatter app. We build it as a
wrapper app. Um and inside this we use
mobile Mandix mobile. So it was a
perfect fit for our co customer. It was
cost efficient and we have to do not a
It works perfectly until we upgraded it
to Mandix 10.
All the tests was passed. We publish it.
No problem.
all the tests was passed. It publishes
no problem.
After a few days, we got more and more
so um tickets. We have a problem. But why?
why?
Um the link in the app was outdated
because we changed it from P to the link
because we have other um males and there
we have a link in it. But why we have
tested this but why we don't realized this.
this.
So the problem was that the link in the
app was cached
and we have to fix it because um when a
new user downloads the app we have a problem.
problem.
So we build a new app. This was very and
and
we deliver it but it was a bug on production
production
and this is not so nice.
We have clear requirements. This is the
starting point.
We have to develop something to test it
test it right and publish it.
sample of validation.
You can do this in a client. You can do
this for example in the client. You can
do this with nanoflows or JavaScript.
Probably not the best. You can do this
in the server with a micrflow or a Java action.
action. But
But
build a little Mandix app.
here
I have the database
and here
or I start order I can create gift card
with a vouch code
Uh the other things in the client and
the native app uh in the client and the
micrflow you can go um
it's required when I just save it.
So I can go here
with something
Save this and this is on the database.
But now
I can committing
in a micrflow
here. I get also a validation error but
I try. Yeah.
Yeah, exactly. So,
So,
it's committed without
and allmentation
allmentation
of Mandix but this you need to know
and this is very important.
So next
driven development
it is not so complicated.
You write a test first
then the test will be red
then you make it uh you implement the
function the test will be green then you
do a refactoring and then you do a next
test. For example, you can
uh doing a validation between uh numbers
between zero and 10. In this range, you
can um insert a one in the test and then
it's red because the function is not
there. And then you
do a little um
um
you do a little test and so on.
And this is very important.
But at the other thing when you change
something you write a lot of tests.
When you change something all the tests
must be rewritten. So it's very cost intensive
intensive
but you have the best quality of a
software when you write the test before
the function. So
So
have a look at tests have
have
different things. Um
Um
testing is not quality.
For example, it um when we look at
quality assurance,
it is more setting standards
um creating guidelines
um the workflow and not and quality
control is more detect bugs, review code
and test the software before release. And
And
software testing is another thing.
So you
find and fix code issues. Um
Um
typical uh this is not done by a developer.
developer.
There you have test engineers. They test
a different way. Um
Um
here you can see the test pyramid. Um
Um
most of your test should unit tests.
Every function should have a unit tests
and if you go higher
they are more expensive
and um it tests more in the functionality.
functionality.
You should also doing system tests
or test system functions.
So for example
is from another low code platform but
Mandix can have similar bugs. I remember
one case often in an update the auto was
deleted when it was in a onetoone
relationship. I believe it was 7.18 or
so. It's a long time ago.
So here
we are inside a loop and retrieve a
user. We then set
um a v variable and send a mail. Then we
take a second user, set a variable and
send a mail. often upgrade the same logic.
logic.
We take a user, set a variable and send
a mail.
Take a user, set a variable. But here we
have two mails and then we send it
to users. So not so nice. And there we
made this
um we made a test mode.
When the test mode is off, the emails
will send normal.
When um the test mode is on,
the system don't send the mail to the
uh to the test per uh to the test mailbox
mailbox
and we then
make um
a lock entry with the real per person so
that we can check in the locks on which
person the mail was sent
um and in production the mail is sending
to this user.
So we have now this
steps but a very important thing
is code reviews.
Port reviews are something I care deeply about.
about.
Getting a second pair of eyes on your
code is essential.
No story, even the smallest change
should go on production without being
reviewed by other developers. So
So
golden the general rules of code reviews.
reviews.
Um you should
reviews after all tests are successfully completed.
completed.
Um it makes little sense to check the functionality
functionality
when the code is wrong. So make it after
all the tests are green. The code
reviews should not take more than 30
minutes. Um longer it is not so efficient.
efficient.
Um and
code reviews should um
make with a checklist so that not very
important things are not checked. Um
Um
you should um document the code review
so that
everything is clear. Um and
it's you
check the code not that coder so fair.
Yeah
are an important tool. Um
Um
Here
I have um coding guidelines. In the
coding guidelines, you
you
take care of the software principles,
the naming convention, the version control,
control,
um the testing, the quality assurance,
the sec uh security and privacy,
uh the performance, the optimization,
the documentation,
the accessibility.
all of this and
and
why we have coding guidelines.
Um, everyone write code in a similar way
and it making easier to read and review.
um it helping to prevent bugs and ensure
um a good design.
It make it easier for teams to work together
together
on a shared code basis. And
it should be make easier
um to upgrade, refactor and scale over time
time and
and enablement
enablement
to automated checks to enforce the standard.
standard. So
yeah, keep things organized and clean.
It's also important to have a definition
of ready and a definition of done. The
definition of ready is then when you
start working on the tasks. So when the
requirements are clear and this is the
state when the requirements are clear. So
So
did you have
things and so on.
And the definition of done is then when
a story is done. So
So
for example, this depends on the project
um when a story is done and when a story
is ready. So
So
we have the definition of ready, the
definition of done. You have coding
guidelines and the coding guidelines
should came from the team. The team
only the team can decide
um we have a new coding standard. So all
of the team members are follow following
this coding standard.
Um and then we can devel develop then we
can test then we can do a proper code
review with
the coding guidelines in mind and then
we can publish
but we can also
um do
code reviews automatically.
So in Mandix
Um you can use the OCR
automated code review.
Um but you can also use the SDK to
write everything you want. For example,
you can check if you have with events
set to true when you have a validation logic
logic
>> behavior
and also check if react client is set to true.
true. But
But
why is Yeah,
Yeah,
this is important because
you can only
set the strip mode to on when you have a
react file. [Music]
>> Yeah, you can read it. It's
very important.
It makes the system not more secure.
But when you do the X path wrong,
it helps to um check this.
And this is also
um number five of the
list of the most common w
Okay,
I skip it. Um I have um and it's and and
this is very important because
this is the least most of the hackers
take care
and strict mode
we have software development
but we also have AI
and I believe AI and Mendix will be amazing.
amazing.
they have sharpened risk and we need to
aware of.
So I believe AI
most of
The models they
they
This picture
picture
for the most of the people
it is also a cut but not for the AI model.
So
this is wrong
what will bring AIS to us
nobody really knows And
not so important I think but not for the
AI model
it have a very meaning
the speed limit And this could be challenging.
challenging. So
So
This is nice but
other sensors data and so on.
Um it's very important that the input of AI
AI
are always reviewed and confirmed. only
we can ensure high quality software development.
So points are define your coding guidelines,
guidelines,
automate wherever possible
but with care. So
thanks. Um, is
is
if did it have there? Okay.
Okay.
Good. I think
I open the stream
a few more minutes and then I will close it.
on which part moment.
Stop this. Um,
Um,
it depends on your project. Um for
example when you have a medical project
you have their
guidelines um that you can following um
for example um
quickly.
only um
principles for example, you're going to
need it. Um you build only the things
you need
once and so on. So, but it really
yeah, we have it. Yeah.
Um for example, um make
um the rest docks. So that
or make for example
this one. Um usementation
here or um most of the time
we um add the system through
The question was if we use any tools for
creating tests. Um yeah we use um in
some projects
we are using selenium and how it was the
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