Programming Videos and Tutorials
Technical Debt has become a catch-all phrase for any code that needs to be re-worked. Much like Refactoring has become a catch-all phrase for any activity that involves changing code. These fundamental misunderstandings and comfortable yet misapplied metaphors have resulted in a plethora of poor decisions. What is technical debt? …
I’m willing to bet that you want to become a better software engineer and problem-solver. You have probably already seen the benefits of exploring unfamiliar technologies, patterns, algorithms and approaches that make you better at your job, leading to efficiency gains and innovations at your company.
As a developer you are certainly acquainted with the DRY and WET styles of programming. The motivation for this talk is to share with you why DRY is hard but WET is a disaster. I will examine the mind-set that made DRY so hard and show how to change that …
Even in the most agile of organizations, Enterprise software is still the first choice for third parties. However, most are unwieldy, unfit for purpose, and basically everything we don’t need as well as a few things we do. Why and how should we change this?
This talk is focusing on practical differences between three programming languages: Scala, Kotlin and Java8. It talks about practical daily programming, with bit of lambdas and collections. What is missing in Scala compared to Java8? When are you missing out if you decide for Java8? Is Kotlin better than Scala? …
This talk traces back the steps of the programmer profession to its beginnings over 70 years ago, and reflects on how those beginnings might have shaped our image of programmers. The “programmer brand” in society today is still the omnipresent stereotype of a socially-awkward, white man.
