Programming Videos and Tutorials
Being able to do stuff is half of the story. Actually getting it done is as hard. Becoming productive in your environment is extremely important to you as a knowledge worker. Especially in the age of many distractions and short attention spans.
Self-documenting code is a pipe dream. TDD (or BDD) is not the panacea of testing. In the pursuit of test coverage we’ve forgotten what really matters: getting things done. Lets talk about putting documentation and testing into their proper place.
So you consider yourself an Object Oriented (OO) developer? Ruby isn’t limited to an OO style! See what functional programming can do for us, without learning any new language. These six principles of functional style apply in OO code.
Unlike most treatments of software quality, this presentation focuses on the critical role that programmers play, and it discusses specific strategies applicable to their activities.
The Diabolical Developer has spent the last few years utilizing best practices in various languages, following lean/agile techniques, practizing software craftsmanship and listening to the likes of Martin Fowler, Derick Rethans and Rasmus Lerdorf.
Actions are driven by ideas, and ideas are driven by philosophy. For a deep understanding of our actions, we have to go the whole way back to the philosophy that motivates them. So what’s the philosophical basis for Object Oriented Programming? This talk discusses Plato’s theory of forms, its relationship …
