I’ve recently watched a session called “Chasing the golden GOOS”. From the cunning name, you probably get that it’s about developing an app using the “Growing Object Oriented Systems Guided by Tests” approach. The whole thing was interesting, and then there was a question in the end. Someone in the audience asked about the ratio
Everyone has skills. According to the dictionary, here’s the definition of Skill: The ability to use one’s knowledge effectively and readily in execution or performance. In other words: ability to do something. Some will say: ability to do something well. In a tweet a while ago, Jim Grenning defined the 3 skills of refactoring: Recognize
It’s time to talk about when I’m going to talk next. January 29-30th is Israeli 2nd annual Agile Practitioners conference. While having a 2nd year in a row in Israel is a success by itself. But wait, there’s more. Keynoting are Dan North and Boris Gloger, with more international speakers, as well as some of
Yesterday I had a blast doing an Intro to Test Driven Development presentation. Here are the slides: And if you haven’t heard it yet, I was interviewed on the "Agile Weekly" podcast. It is a great podcast (not just my episode) - I’ve listened to the entire recording list, and it has great discussions
I’ve got very interesting feedback for my last post about the decline of agile. I strongly believe that producing quality software, regardless of how it is produced is the most important thing we can do, regardless if we’re developers, managers or anything in between. But is it enough to save agile? Maybe it’s the wrong
Here’s a short, incomplete list of my upcoming public speaking engagements. When I know, you’ll know. I’ll be speaking at the Agile Development Practices East Conference on Wednesday November 9th, at the Rosen Centre Hotel, Orlando, Florida. My talk is about “8 Principles for Better Unit Testing”. I’ll be at the conference area throughout Wednesday
Last week I had great time hosting a Typemock Webinar called “10 secret unit testing tips”. The fun thing was that I’ve discovered both in preparation and answering questions live that I have at least 20 tips in me for at least two more webinars. So prepare for “10 secret unit testing tips strike back”
A couple of comments on my last post (the sad truth about agile planning) made me think: Maybe I was slamming agile planning too much. Then I thought (after an elaborate discussion with myself) – I wasn’t doing that at all! So let’s put some things in perspective: Can I make a plan for the
At NDC I was fortunate to take part in a session of Cyber Dojo, run by Jon Jagger and Olve Maudal. You can have a taste at it online, but it’s better experienced with a guide. The attendees pair up, select a kata and a programming language and start adding features and tests. Every 5
My NDC 2011 talk in moving pictures form. Danger! Craftsmen Ahead! from Gil Zilberfeld on Vimeo.