On February 6th I hosted the first Code Retreat to hit West Michigan, and we really couldn’t have asked for a nicer day for a Code Retreat. Well, maybe a little bit warmer weather, but hey, it’s February in Michigan, what do you expect? So after a quick stop at Panera Bread to get some bagels, scones and muffins, I made my way down to Atomic Object HQ to start the coffee brewing in preparation for the attendees. Shortly after sunrise, Nayan Hajratwala showed up to help with any last minute preparations before everyone else showed up.
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Code Retreat GR Recap
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Tags: agile, code retreat, craftsmanship, cucumber, kata, Ruby, tdd, test first, testing, unit testing
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Agile 2009 submission: Functional Testing Flex
27 01 2009I threw my hat into the ring this morning with this submission to the Agile 2009 conference (http://agile2009.agilealliance.org/node/579). Please check it out and submit any comments you may have as I refine the proposal.
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Tags: agile, agile 2009, Conferences, flex, functional testing, java, RIA, testing
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CodeRetreat #1 retrospective
26 01 2009
This past Saturday we held the first in what I’m hoping many CodeRetreats. What is CodeRetreat you ask? CodeRetreat started as a discussion between Nayan Hajratwala, Patrick Wilson-Welsh, and Corey Haines at CodeMash 2009 just a few short weeks ago about creating a meetup where developers could come together and practice good software craftsmanship with the guidance of a few select tomes of good software craftsmanship such as Bob Martin’s Clean Code. Many of us are stuck wading through legacy code day to day in our normal 9 to 5 jobs and don’t get the opportunity to hone our skills and that is exactly what the CodeRetreat is about. That and the opportunity to get to pair with great minds like Ron Jeffries, Chet Hendrickson, Bill Wake, Corey Haines, and J.B. Rainsberger, to name a few. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: clean code, coderetreat, craftsmanship, java, kata, Ruby
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Refactoring to RIAs – Agile 2008
30 01 2008BJ and I have decided to throw our hat into the ring and submitted a session proposal to the Agile 2008 conference. You can read about it and comment on it on the Agile 2008 submission site here (http://submissions.agile2008.org/node/1676), or I’ve copied the summary below.
In 2002 Macromedia used the term “Rich Internet Applications” (RIA) to describe the next generation of web applications that have all of the benefits of a traditional desktop application, with the flexibility of being deployed via the Internet.
However, it’s 2008 and RIA has not been able to penetrate the business application sector with any real success. The old days of RIA are history. (Maintenance nightmares, weird or no unit testing, and little friendliness toward other agile developer practices.)
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Tags: agile, agile2008, Conferences, continuous integration, flex, java, refactoring, RIA, tdd
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Groovy, Grails and RIAs…Oh My!
14 01 2008This past week I was fortunate enough to attend CodeMash v2.0.0.8 in Sandusky, Ohio. This conference is unlike anything I’ve ever been to, somewhere in the neighborhood of 350 Java programmers, .NET fan-boys and Ruby zealots all under one roof, and even having a little fun together. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: codemash, grails, groovy, RIA
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