I enjoy programming in Python because its syntax and structure is simple, it was designed with readability in mind and is supported by several useful libraries for almost anything a software developer needs. It is widely used in many different types of projects and domains, giving me an opportunity to participate in the development of larger variety of applications. I also like the concise documentation and tutorials on its official site.

Nina Duchonová
Professional Software Developer, ERNI Slovakia
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- Rapid growth in worldwide app downloads
- ERNI collaboration with Theodora foundation
- Opportunities and challenges of digitalisation in industry
- ERNI at the Barcelona Mobile World Congress 2019
- Understanding design
- Partnership between ERNI and PEDCO
- Three main principles for enterprises wanting to go Agile
- How it works at ERNI: Outsourcing and shoring
- Techletter: What is RPA and what is it not?
- Cottolengo Outreach Program – Their own amazing world
Straightforward – Python
What is so special about Python? Nina Duchoňová, Professional Software Developer tells us about her affinity for this programming language.
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Rapid growth in worldwide app downloads
The research company “App Annie” has revealed that worldwide app downloads have increased by 60 percent between 2015 and 2017 to a total of more than 175 billion annually – statistically this means almost two downloaded apps per inhabitant per month. No wonder, since the number of apps available on Google Play and the iOS App Store has now grown to more than six million. -
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ERNI collaboration with Theodora foundation
Last year 2018 ERNI Spain had the opportunity to start a collaboration with Theodora Foundation bringing smiles to the hospitalized children and their families. -
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Opportunities and challenges of digitalisation in industry
Since 2010, Hans Hess has been President of Swissmem, Switzerland’s largest industrial association, and Vice-President of economiesuisse, the Swiss Business Federation. For our .experience magazine, he contributed with his guest article on industry 4.0. -
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ERNI at the Barcelona Mobile World Congress 2019
ERNI will be sponsoring and attending the Barcelona Mobile World Congress from 25-28 February organized by the GSMA within the Swiss Pavilion. -
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Understanding design
Apple founder Steve Jobs once said: “We made the buttons on the screen look so good you’ll want to lick them.” Jobs was known for placing a high value on the design of his products. But he wasn’t the first. -
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Partnership between ERNI and PEDCO
PEDCO and ERNI will work together in fostering the growing numbers of Applied SAFe® customers; where PEDCO delivers its own product Applied SAFe® and ERNI with its 25 years of experience in Swiss Software Engineering delivers consulting, technology, delivery, and agile coaching in order to bring the Scaled Agile Framework to live at Applied SAFe® customers. -
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Three main principles for enterprises wanting to go Agile
As a more than 4-year-long SAFe® practitioner and trainer, I see that SAFe offers a lot of chances for our customers. Generally, in the long run, enterprises want and need to change the way they are working, but often do not know where to start. -
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How it works at ERNI: Outsourcing and shoring
Nearshoring as a way to focus on the core business and let a nearby location take care of your software development is around for some decade. However, the competition among nearshore locations in Europe has intensified and it is not an easy decision to pick the right one for your needs. -
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Techletter: What is RPA and what is it not?
RPA is a buzzword of today. What can we imagine under the term and what definitely not? Let us explore the topic more deeply. -
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Cottolengo Outreach Program – Their own amazing world
Last month our ERNI team in the Philippines experienced a memorable event. We all got united for one purpose and that is to extend our generosity and love. This year, instead of having the usual exchange gifts we came up with an idea to raise funds and give donations to our chosen charity. This program was called “Exchange your gifts to those in Need”. -
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The infamous silos
When we as ERNI visit a customer for the first time and they explain to us how the company works and what their structures and internal conflicts are, we typically recognise the three infamous silos. -
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Cross-platform apps as the recommended solution
The advantages of cross-platform apps are similar to those of a hybrid application. Eager to know why they are a recommended app solution? Read our article. -
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How it works: 3D Printing
In a nutshell, a physical object is created from a virtual design, i.e. the digital design is converted into a physical three-dimensional object by adding material layer by layer until the object is formed. -
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Donation to Slovak foster homes
At ERNI Slovakia, we took the opportunity to make some dreams of kids in Slovak foster homes come true. -
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Dust Measurement Network: Building an IoT Sensor Network
How do you get from a great idea which you believe could have a significant impact to a tangible product? In a recent community project at ERNI, we put ourselves to this task. This is the second article out of a series of four, in which we explain how we built the IoT sensor network. Have a look at article one. The topic was presented at the Google Developers DevFest Switzerland 2018 conference. Watch the talk online. -
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Swiss applications have a hard time on the market
Currently, according to Statista, WhatsApp is by far the leader among cross-platform apps (Android and iOS), followed by Facebook, 20 Minuten, Instagram and various weather apps. -
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Support from Switzerland
Switzerland has been named the most innovative country in the world for eight consecutive years, according to the Global Innovation Index. -
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Step by step towards innovation
When we talk about innovation in general, we talk about three steps. Let us explore which ones. -
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Hack & Dive in the Philippines
On November 9, 2018, ERNI Philippines held its 1st Hack & Dive community activity. -
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Techletter: Cybersecurity is the next big thing
Why is cybersecurity gaining importance for everyone and how can you eliminate risks? Read our newest Technology Post. -
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The Mobile Team from the Philippines
Another team portrait from the Our Teams series in awaiting you on the following lines. -
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Apps – The most important channel of customer interaction
Apps have become the most important channel for customer interaction for almost all industries and countless companies within just a few years. This is particularly true for so-called Mobile-First markets, where mobile devices are the No. 1 platform and many of their users have completely skipped the generation of desktop devices at the desk. -
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How well-established companies can embrace agile
Recent rapid developments in business and technology require businesses to become faster, more global, more agile. -
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Dust Measurement Network: Shaping the idea
How do you get from a great idea which you believe could have a significant impact to a tangible product? -
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Are PWA the future of apps?
What attributes make Progressive Web Apps attractive? Explore our second article. -
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5 Years at ERNI Event in Barcelona
On October 15-16, 2018 we came together in beautiful city of Barcelona to celebrate the 5 Years @ERNI Event. -
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Our teams: The Dream Team from ERNI Spain
We all have dreams and dreams are always good. Especially if you have a dream within your team. -
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Our teams: Deadpool – “We know we are awesome”
In our new series we present you our teams at ERNI. Get to know us better. -
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What is a PWA?
Progressive Web Apps: What does it mean particularly? Let’s explore it deeper in the article. -
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ERNI Germany breaks new ground
We have entered into a strategic partnership with QCENTRIS in order to grow faster in the German market. -
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Social engagement series: The socially responsible ERNI Hero Team
Being socially responsible is a respectable act. Do you agree? We do. -
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Agriculture 4.0: IoT – the new era
What are the challenges of the modern agriculture? And what uses does IoT have in this field? -
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Hack and Hike Slovakia 2018
After a successful Hack and Hike event in Switzerland, another one took place in Slovakia this weekend. Twenty employees joined this event in order to spend some free time with their co-workers, enjoy the fresh mountain air and organise a few hack sessions. -
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ERNI at the Fintech Switzerland in Madrid
Attending conferences is a door opener in every business area. In Madrid, The Swiss Business Hub Spain as representative of the Swiss trade and investment promotion agency Switzerland Global Enterprise (S-GE) and part of the Embassy of Switzerland in Spain organized the Swiss fintech conference and B2B event FINTECH SWITZERLAND. -
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Three ERNIans in the U.S.A.
Since the beginning of 2018, starting with our market entry to the U.S., a group of three ERNI experts has been performing work for our medical technology customer in the States. What is it like to be working in the U.S.A. and how are our colleagues doing overseas? We talked to one of them – Nuria Lluch, our Barcelona Lab Manager about the experiences. -
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The Swiss Hack and Hike
At the end of every summer, the developers meet and spend a weekend together surrounded by nature. This activity, called Hack & Hike, brings an opportunity to escape from daily routine, clear the minds by hiking and come up with new ideas during the hack sessions. -
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Social Engagement Series: Talking digital in Madagascar
Previously, we already talked about the healthy lifestyle pages of our colleagues from ERNI Philippines and the engagement of our Slovak colleagues for the Capital city of Bratislava. Today, Stefan from ERNI Switzerland tells about his support of a non-governmental organisation in Madagascar. -
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My favourite programming language: Why I don’t have the ONE favourite programming language
Oliver Gramberg from ERNI Switzerland closes up our series My favourite programming language. Read why he has NOT ONE single programming language. -
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The challenge of Camino de Santiago
As on the job, also in life, walking challenging ways pushes your inner strength forward. -
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An app for a healthy lifestyle
Read a success story of our colleague John who motivated also his colleagues to lead a healthy lifestyle and get back on the track -
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ERNI Slovakia Team: Volunteering for “our city”
Since several years, at ERNI Slovakia our team has been volunteering within the initiave “Naše Mesto” making life in Bratislava more enjoyable. -
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Innovation in Medical Technology
The majority of challenges that businesses in the medtech industry have to face are related to innovation and market access, says a study carried out by the Swiss Medical Technology Institute. -
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Personnel changes at ERNI
Andreas Gisler becomes CEO of the ERNI Group with immediate effect. He also remains Delegate of the Board of Directors of ERNI Global and thus responsible for the operational management of the company with the three divisions ERNI, SEI and People Business. -
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Discovering Azure Workshop
On 19 July 2018, the ERNI Philippines Community Core Group held its 4th External Community Event in the company premises. -
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How to embrace change
Do an experiment, approach your friends or colleagues and ask: “How do you think you will have changed in the next 15-20 years?” -
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How DIY Medical Testing Could Save Your Life
During a TEDx talk in Calgary, Alberta last summer, MIT doctoral student Steven Keating explained how curiosity about his brain led him to volunteer to have it scanned for a study. -
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Techletter: Moving an existing Java Web application to the Cloud Foundry Platform
“It’s easy to create and run a new cloud-native application, but migrating an existing Java Web application to the cloud might be quite complex: most applications have to be changed in a way that makes them incompatible with the old environment and thus additional risks arise. In this article, we’re sharing our experience with the migration of large Web applications, including some advice and best practices.” -
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Ready to take a step towards data?
An overview of the skills needed for both small- and large-scale projects -
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My favorite programming language: TypeScript
As a developer who regularly uses multiple programming languages, it’s always hard to single one out as the “favourite programming language”. -
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Agile: The Answer to Working with Data
Agile methods and sprint-based development make our teams more effective. -
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Successful Rapid Development through Agile
Agile is a methodology that can be used to launch new software projects efficiently and rapidly. -
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Two cases of Agile and Scrum
Read these two case studies about external scrum master and nearshored scrum team -
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Engineer meets creative thinker: ERNI cooperates with design agency Bloom Identity
With Bloom Identity, the ERNI Group is teaming up with an agency that specialises in brand consulting and thus enhancing the customer experience services it offers to customers. -
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Why a thriving learning culture pays off for employers and employees
An active learning culture is a crucial part of a modern organisation that wants to attract and nurture the best talent. Fostering communities is a great way to achieve this. -
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Operationalizing machine learning models 3/3 – Production-grade, scalable deployment
The previous two articles in this series introduced the Azure Machine Learning Workbench and walked us through the process of wrapping our ML model in a self-contained Docker image. Now is the time to take this image and deploy it into a production-grade environment. -
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C# is simple. C# is object-oriented. C# is powerful and flexible.
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How to create a shared vision for changes – The Power of visualisation
In change initiatives one key success factor is to create a shared view on what the future will look like. Visualising of the envisioned target state is a powerful method for guiding the change team on their way through the change. -
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Operationalizing machine learning models 2/3 – From model to service
The first part of this series of articles introduced the Azure Machine Learning Workbench and showed us how to setup the resources required to operationalize our machine learning models In this article, we will see how to get our model into Azure and run it locally for testing purposes. Let’s get to it! -
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Operationalizing machine learning models 1/3 – Azure ML Workbench
Machine learning and AI are everywhere. More and more people are discovering the advantages that learning algorithms can provide – decreasing costs, improving efficiency, eliminating menial tasks, etc. Knowing at least a little bit about how these algorithms work is quickly becoming a necessity. Read it now. -
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Work in the innovation sphere gives me the chance to develop myself
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I have greatly improved my vision and understanding of programming
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ERNI and IoT projects
Many of our customers’ data projects are subsets of larger Internet of Things initiatives. Although the IoT produces data, the scope of the IoT projects is usually more extensive and covers a broader pool of activities. This illustration describes/shows the ERNI collaboration model for IoT projects. -
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How we have changed our visual language
A cyclist full of energy, a passionate painter, a handball player jumping in the air with a clear goal to score: Anyone who is currently looking at the external presentation of ERNI can see a clear move. -
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Stricter regulations on personal data even outside of health records GDPR
The upcoming EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the most important change in data privacy regulation in 20 years. -
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Data Science Projects: How to Manage Stakeholders
The second part of our Managing Stakeholders article evolves around further phases of data projects and what stakeholders to involve. -
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ERNI Hero: Darina Stipula
We are all working together at ERNI, but not all of us can see each other daily. Some of us have the opportunity to work closer with other teams and know each other better – long distance is not a limiting factor anymore. -
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Geneva Community Workshop
Why is culture an important element of our company? Check the video from our latest workshop in ERNI Geneva and learn more. -
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Missed security pitfalls
It is not just securing the transmission and storage of data against hacks that is important. Here are some easily missed security pitfalls. -
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VSTS/TFS automated build agent provisioning
Continuous Integration / Delivery is bread and butter of every agile development team nowadays. Visual Studio Team Services or Team Foundation Server is one of many tools providing this feature. Although I will use VSTS/TFS in this article same process can be used with any other CI/CD tool. -
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Managing Stakeholders in Data Science
Innovation can be hard to implement if there is no common understanding about it between the organisation’s stakeholders (colleagues, partners and leadership). For a project manager, stakeholder management is not only important but it can also often make or break the project. -
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Leaner Mobile DevOps Implementation Using Visual Studio App Center
DevOps is an important facet of mobile app development that is now a requirement for a successful app life cycle. When building and delivering mobile apps nowadays, one has to consider setting up a lot of different things. -
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7 under 30: Marek Linka
In our 7 under 30 series, we are introducing you our young and successful ERNIans! -
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The new ERNI Website
We have worked hard on the implementation of our website. The result is a page with a new design, new content and simplified navigation. It fits into the new overall appearance of the ERNI Group. -
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Major methodology trends in software development for 2018
An integral part of consultancy and software development in a VUCA world – meaning volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguine – is focusing on making feedback loops shorter and more efficient. The agile mindset is spreading within organisations – from agile software development to business or corporate. Here are the 5 major methodology trends we see for 2018. -
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ERNI Hero: Ruel Dognidon
Are you sitting next to a Hero? Has your team member positive impact on personal and company development or social engagement? -
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High-performance teams in an agile environment
With the recent status of digital transformation, besides the technical skills of teams, soft skills for fostering collaboration are gaining even more importance. -
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Raising efficiency with user adoption
Applying “Business-centric user experience” is decisive for whether an application will be used by the end users or will fail. -
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From business idea to business case
Existing business models must be reviewed during digital transformation, with new business ideas developed, sorted and evaluated. -
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ERNI Hero: Dieter Niklaus
This is the first time at ERNI, that our employees had the chance to nominate any of their colleagues for their positive approach or social engagement. -
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7 under 30: Laura Gallardo
Laura is 28, married and living in a small village close to the mountain called Begues, Barcelona. -
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Taking on full responsibility for innovative applications
“DevOps as a Service” ensures that a solution with a directly measurable benefit is found. -
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7 under 30: Kris Lenard Ocampo Fajardo
Get to know some of our young and successful ERNIans! -
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Leading the innovation process towards sustainability
“Innovation as a Service” delivers customised methods for the entire process from creating ideas to implementation of a solution with measurable added value. -
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Continuous IT governance driving transformation
With the adoption of smart technologies for business innovation, it is crucial for IT governance to be a process of continuous improvement. -
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Never start from scratch again
The beauty of digital solutions lies in their ability to adapt to customer specifics. The underlying technology framework does not have to be recreated each time. -
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7 under 30: Enrique S. Cavestany
Enrique joined ERNI shortly after graduation and ever since has devoted himself to his responsibilities of quality assurance. -
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Vendors that help with digital transformation
Vendors can no longer only rely on the monitoring and management of IT infrastructures to keep pace with market needs.