Category: Developer Tools
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Helping developers write accessible code
Why does accessibility (and, therefore, accessible code) matter? As a software engineer at Intuit®, I think this is a very important question, and Intuit’s Global Accessibility Leader Ted Drake has a great answer in Building an inclusive experience: Why accessibility matters. “Our goal, as developers, is to build products that reach the largest possible audience,” […]
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Developers: How to prepare your app for your next security review
Building an app integration with QuickBooks® comes with serious responsibility to protect the data and privacy of QuickBooks customers. If your app is popular (more than 500 QuickBooks customers are attached) or is listed on the QuickBooks app store, Intuit® will conduct its own security scan of your app, annually. We asked our friends at […]
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Solve for One – Extend to Many
Recently, we shared the story of how and why Intuit® co-founder Scott Cook started Intuit’s ongoing “Follow Me Home” (FMH) program, the practice of watching customers use our products in their home (with their permission, of course) and asking questions about their experience. This peek into real-life use of our products provides firsthand knowledge of […]
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How to avoid conflicts and delays in the AI development process (Part II)
In Part I of my two-part series on avoiding conflicts and delays in AI development, I introduced the first three steps of Intuit’s AI playbook. Today, I’ll walk through the last three steps. When put together, all six steps will help you integrate AI into your product, thus delivering improved customer experiences and customer benefits, […]
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QuickBooks Reimburse Charge: Now available to third-party apps
At Intuit®, we are constantly looking for feedback and potential opportunities to enhance our customer experience through partnerships. We love hearing about the ideas our developer partners have to enhance our products. Please continue to submit your ideas and vote so we can best respond to your suggestions. Listening to our developers, we realized there […]
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How to avoid conflicts and delays in the AI development process (Part I)
The adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) by organizations of all sizes is slowly but surely taking place. Forbes, citing an IBM study, said that 34% of U.S., EU, and China businesses have deployed AI, and a Gartner survey of 3,000 CIO respondents from around the world found that 37% are using the technology. If your […]
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Security benefits of open source software
With the open source community driving innovation, more and more enterprises are embracing open source software. They consider software that can be seen, modified, and improved upon as an important tool in their technology tool chest. A Red Hat Report, The State of Enterprise Open Source, finds that 95% of their 950 IT leader respondents […]
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4 online bootcamps to help improve your skills
You already know that investing in specialized training and advanced education for your job leads to improved skills and career advancement. As a developer, you have many professional development resources at your disposal, including a variety of coding bootcamps, but how do you know which one is worth your time, effort, and money? We asked […]
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Forecasting and predictive modeling for marketing analytics
Working on Intuit’s Forecasting and Optimization team in Marketing Analytics, I’m well versed on forecasting and predictive modeling. Today, I’ll explain what that they are and how we use them to delight our customers. I’ll also discuss the role artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) play in developing the models. Predictive modeling vs. forecasting […]
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How diversity is driving innovation
In 1971, the U.S. Congress designated August 26 as Women’s Equality Day, when we celebrate women’s right to vote as granted by the 19th Amendment. I believe this is also a day we should celebrate the growing number of women in technology. As a staff data scientist at Intuit®, I’m proud to work at a […]