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Learn how to do Specification by Example
I’m speaking here:
- Agile Practitioners 2012, Tel Aviv, Israel, 30-31 January 2012
- Software Passion Summit, Göteborg, Sweden, March 19-20, 2012
- Scandinavian Developers conference, Göteborg, Sweden, April 17, 2012
- Dutch Testing Conference, Bussum, NL, 18 April
- Testing and Finance, London, 17 May 2012
Three user group talks next week
Next week I’m in Oslo and Tallinn and I’ll be doing three user group talks – so this is a nice chance to meet up if you’re in the area. Breaking the TDD mould at XP Meetup, Oslo, Norway, October 24 Busting BDD Myths at NNUG, Oslo, Norway, October 25th…
best practices Archive
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Delivering useful software
Posted on April 28, 2008 | No CommentsOne of central agile programming ideas is to deliver frequently and get feedback early. To get the full benefits of this approach, it is not enough just to make sure that we deliver often and seek feedback — it is extremely important to plan our deliveries correctly as well. If... -
The wrong way to do a shopping cart
Posted on February 18, 2008 | 18 CommentsThe print-on-demand service that I’ve chosen for my book has a fairly nice web user interface with lots of Ajax code. Generally, that web application is one of the best aspects of doing business with them. That’s why I was surprised to find a rather amateurish flaw in their shopping... -
Returning the favour for on-site customers
Posted on January 9, 2008 | 3 CommentsIn November, I attended a workshop on improving the understanding between customers and software development teams. The attendees were split into seven or eight groups, and there was an exercise at the end asking the members of each group to come up with a practice that could significantly improve the... -
Bear programming
Posted on December 26, 2007 | 4 Comments| View | Upload your own Kuniaki Igarashi posted a nice presentation on Omoiyari-Driven Development, with the core idea of programming while keeping in mind how other developers are going to use and understand your code. This practice aims to reduce misunderstandings among team members. I have a strong belief... -
Catalogue of SQL and PL/SQL bad practices: Call for participation
Posted on December 20, 2007 | No CommentsI started compiling a list of Oracle SQL and PL/SQL bad practices, with the intention of producing a comprehensive catalogue of common and recurring programming mistakes, that can be used as a check-list for code reviews or given to junior developers. I have identified about 30 bad practices so far....
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