Vue.js is a popular JavaScript framework which recently surpassed React in stars on GitHub. And TypeScript is getting more popular as well. So, combining the two is a likely choice for a new web app project. Our team made the same decision but soon found out that the Vue ecosystem and TypeScript are not a perfect match. Vue itself has a decent TypeScript support nowadays and will even be re-written in TypeScript for its next major version.

A customer came to us with a project we should take over for maintenance. The project was built with knowledge by experts and we might expect it to be good. We believed in that and took over.

We normally use Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD) in our projects in order to minimize misunderstandings between developers and our customers which can help reduce overhead and technical debt. This blog post describes our experiences with the tool Fitnesse and suggests Cucumber as an alternative to improve communication and efficiency. Why Behavior Driven Development BDD acts as a common language between business professionals and software developers to improve communication between the two.

Agile Coach Mike Cohn says that “almost every Story can be split with one of five techniques”. He uses the acronym SPIDR for them.

In iterative development, it’s always recommended to split work into small chunks. That way, it’s easier to understand and implement them. What should be done, however, when a User Story can’t be split, no matter how hard you try?