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Imran Hossain (Rubab)
Imran Hossain (Rubab)

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5 Tips to Save Your Software Development Time.

Many Times early stage developers waste their time on solving a problem when they are stuck. Some small strategies can help our things done without wasting our time. Here are some tips to save your time.

  1. Limit your time - Try solving problem for 15-20 minutes. If you can't solve the problem after 15-20 minutes, then it's time to ask someone for help.

  2. Take a break - If you are working alone then after 15 minutes take a break, drink water or coffee or stretch your body and walk around the room. Now start working on your problem again. This little break may help you to identify solution for your problem.

  3. Talk to someone - If you are working in a team then discuss the problem with one of your team members. This is the fastest way to solve the problem. If you don’t find someone then use Rubber duck debugging technique where you explain your logic to a duck and you may get what went wrong just by explaining you may find the issue.

  4. Seek help from developers community - Getting response from community and forums take time. If above procedures don't work then wait for communities Help and keep work on other problems. It's better post your issue in multiple platforms to get quick response.

  5. Try it later - If you have already spent a huge amount time and nothing seems to be working and deadline is knocking on the door then leave it for now. Better discuss with the Project Manager / client if they can slightly change the requirement or work on it later as this has become a blocker to complete your project.

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