Clear away obstacles so that your developers can do their best

In a red-hot labor market, this is a vital ingredient in the recipe to attract and retain the best software developers, and ultimately provide better solutions for customers, patients and citizens.

A constant challenge when developing new IT solutions, is to balance productivity with complexity, particularly in heavily regulated sectors such as public administration, food production or pharma. Already complex projects have the extra dimension of regulation, supervision and control. But high complexity and stricter regulation must never be allowed to stifle developers and their work.

The majority of employees just want to get on with their work and see the results of their efforts transformed into concrete value for the company. But if your developers are constantly interrupted by manual configurations, time-consuming tests, or unnecessarily complex processes, their quality, motivation and job satisfaction could soon become drained.  That can mean that your organization becomes inefficient and it becomes hard to recruit and retain valuable talent.

In brief, Developer Experience (DX) is about making coding work as easy and as smooth as possible.

Technology choices obviously play a key role in creating a good DX. But platforms and systems are merely a single piece of code in the overall application. The positive DX is influenced by a multitude of other factors, such as having simple and uniform processes and a strong work culture.

Therefore, the key to DX is the interplay between technology, culture and work processes. This requires deep insight into all three areas as well as the sector your business operates in. Especially if the sector is highly regulated.