by Emily Bache | Jul 14, 2025 | Coding Skills
Code Katas are small exercises which can help you to practice coding skills in a safe environment. They are fun little problems with quirky themes that should hold your attention and be enjoyable to work on. I’ve personally been doing code katas for more than 20...
by Emily Bache | Apr 24, 2020 | Code Kata
It’s Test-Driven Development with a twist! Developing new functionality with approval tests requires some slightly different steps, but if you’re a visual thinker like me you might just prefer it. In this blog post I’ll explain how it works. Photo by Jason...
by Emily Bache | Jan 27, 2020 | Coding Skills
Note: this article was originally published on ProAgile’s blog I only recently joined ProAgile and I feel we’ve got off to a great start. Last week my colleague Fredrik Wendt and I facilitated and hosted a Code Retreat event for a diverse group of software...
by Emily Bache | Nov 8, 2019 | Code Kata
Note: this article was first published on Praqma’s blog Writing tests for ‘Theatrical Players’ When I read Fowler’s new ‘Refactoring’ book I felt sure the example from the first chapter would make a good Code Kata. However, he didn’t include the code for the...
by Emily Bache | Sep 19, 2016 | Coding Skills, Experience Report
Last week I met Woody Zuill when he came to Göteborg to give a workshop about Mob Programming. At first glance mobbing seems really innefficient. You have a whole team of maybe 6-7 people sitting together all day, every day, programming at one computer. How could...
