It was a great night of new matrix films, dynamic languages, general geekery and definitely good eats. Uncle Bob Martin, Brett Shuchert, and a bunch of Israeli craftsmen (I’m still on probation due to my latest posts) sat, ate, drank and had a fine night. Guys, thanks for a great evening, and I hope
In my last post, I warned against the dangers of the craftsmanship movement to itself. The main premise behind this warning is that business and developers don’t speak the same language. And since business has the upper hand, role power, money – business always wins. Martin Fowler’s post, Craftsmanship and the Crevasse, looks at the
I’ve gone from Michael Feathers’ post to Dan North’s post and then to Jason Gorman’s. If I need to choose a side, I’m definitely on Dan North’s side. As I was reading these posts,they seemed familiar. The holy wars and the calls to stop them, the call to better developers to separate themselves from the
In the last few weeks, we were hit by the flu. Many (including myself) have fallen before the mighty bug. Even after coming back from their sick bed, people have gone off for a second or even a third round. And lost. And the few that remained on their feet, need to carry on with
Something strange is going through TDD land these last couple of weeks. First it was Uncle Bob,with a new TDD theory – making tests pass in a certain order, actually helps incremental design, leading to a better solution. This is a very interesting post, and if he’s right, he might have discovered the cornerstone of
I was asked this question last Wednesday, when I led a TDD open session at the Israeli Software Craftsmanship User Group. My answer: It makes you think before you write code. In fact, next time somebody asks you what TDD stands for, you answer: Thinking-Driven Development. Sure, all the benefits are there: structured incremental progress,