by Emily Bache | Aug 16, 2012 | Review
For a little while now I’ve been collecting Refactoring Kata exercises in a github repo, (you’re welcome to clone it and try them out). I’ve recently facilitated working on some of these katas at various coding dojo meetings, and participants seem to...
by Emily Bache | Dec 20, 2011 | Coding Skills, Experience Report
A little while back I was back in Stockholm facilitating another Code Retreat, (see previous post), this time as part of Global Day of Code Retreat, (GDCR). (Take a look at Corey Haines’ site for loads of information about this global event that comprised...
by Emily Bache | Oct 14, 2011 | Review
I’m speaking next week at ScanDev on Tour in Stockholm on the subject of “Software Development Craftsmanship”, and as part of my research I read both “The Clean Coder” by Robert C. Martin and “Apprenticeship Patterns” by Dave...
by Emily Bache | Sep 21, 2011 | Coding Skills, Experience Report
This weekend I was in Stockholm to facilitate a Code Retreat, organized by Peter Lind and sponsored by Valtech. We were about 40 coders gathered in the warm autumn sunshine early on a Saturday morning at Valtech’s offices. (Do take a look at Peter’s blog...
by Emily Bache | May 10, 2011 | Coding Skills
The classic description of TDD that most people know is the 3 rules by Bob Martin. I think his rules are a very succinct description, and for a long time I’ve just relied on them, together with a picture of “red-green-refactor” to describe TDD to...
