by Emily Bache | Feb 25, 2009 | Coding Skills
I’m having fun with this KataArgs. In my last post, I took a closer look at Bob Martin’s Java and Ruby solutions to it. Since then, we have tackled this Kata at a couple of GothPy meetings. (My coding dojo; the code is here.)Several of us did some more...
by Emily Bache | Jan 21, 2009 | Coding Skills
Over Christmas I finished reading the book “Clean Code” by Robert C. Martin. I thoroughly recommend the book, which is highly practical, technical and well written. In it, Bob seeks to present the “Object Mentor school of clean code”, as he...
by Emily Bache | Jan 14, 2009 | Coding Skills, Experience Report
At agile2008 I attended a session with Dan North about Behaviour Driven Development. Someone on the agile sweden mailing list was asking about it, so I decided to write up my notes here. Most cellphone and computer software is delivered late and over budget. The...
by Emily Bache | Jan 10, 2009 | Story
The project manager was obviously a little irritated. “By this stage of the pre-study, we really should have the requirements a little more nailed down than this. That’s two new requirements since last week. Or what does everyone think?” he looks...
by Emily Bache | Nov 30, 2008 | Story, Uncategorized
Michelle the manager has two small children. She regularly puts in a 45 hour week. Alan the project manager also has two small children. He officially works 80%. The first architect, Steve, has one small child. He officially works 90%. The second architect, Flo, has...
