Effective Programming

It is natural for humans to estimate. We do it all the time, reflexively. And this is good, because it keeps our minds from overloading. However, we have to take care to re-evaluate our estimations for them not to become prejudices. ► All My Insights Share this:

Insight of the Week #13 – Estimates and Prejudices

24 Aug, 2015 in Insight of the Week / Let's Develop tagged Effective Programming / Estimates / NoEstimates by letsdeveloper

Definitely worth every penny: The WBITDD series of jbrains. He develops a small point-of-sale system, including hardware. Possible approaches, design alternatives, and much more are discussed and most important of all: You get to see some hands-on TDD. There’s a preview available. Decide for yourself if it’s worth spending money […]

I Recommend: Worlds Best Intro to TDD

24 Aug, 2015 in Let's Develop / Recommendations tagged Effective Programming / Hands On / Software Craftsmanship / TDD by letsdeveloper

When developing with frameworks, we usually have an integration problem, because the assumptions underlying our unit tests may or may not match the actual behaviour of the framework. Today I discuss a strategy to get out of this mess without duplicating tests or throwing away TDD. ► All My Insights […]

Insight of the Week #11 – Testing in Frameworks

12 Aug, 2015 in Insight of the Week / Let's Develop tagged Effective Programming / Integration Testing / Software Craftsmanship / Testing / Tricks / Unit Testing by letsdeveloper

Successful work requires fast feedback. Independent of what you’re doing, you want to know as fast as possible how you’re holding up. Everything else is based on this feedback, so you better get it! ► All My Insights Share this:

Insight of the Week #10 – Fast Feedback

12 Aug, 2015 in Insight of the Week / Let's Develop tagged Effective Programming / Feedback / Project Management / Research / Software Craftsmanship by letsdeveloper

Ever loose sight of the big picture while diving into some particular approach for solving your problem? Here’s how I mitigate this. ► All My Insights Share this:

Insight of the Week #08 – Timeboxing

23 Jul, 2015 in Insight of the Week / Let's Develop tagged Effective Programming / Productivity / Tricks by letsdeveloper

You ever made overhours or went home with a bad feeling, because you started a too-big task too late in the day? Me to. Here’s what I try to do about it. ► All My Insights Share this:

Insight of the Week #07 – Use Your Slack Wisely

17 Jul, 2015 in Insight of the Week / Let's Develop tagged Effective Programming / Productivity / Software Craftsmanship / Tricks by letsdeveloper

You ever worked on a problem for like forever and then, just by talking about it to somebody else, solved it in minutes? This motivates Pair Programming, Mob Programming, and… Rubber Duck Debugging. Hail the Duck! ► All My Insights Share this:

Insight of the Week #06 – Let the Duck Debug

10 Jul, 2015 in Insight of the Week / Let's Develop tagged Effective Programming / Software Craftsmanship / Tricks by letsdeveloper

To get things done, it’s important to get everything else out of your head. You cannot manage it all in there without blowing your mind anyways. So just write it down and deal with it later. No more, “Ups, we’d this 2 hours go?” ► All My Insights Share this:

Insight of the Week #05 – Follow the White Rabbit

29 Jun, 2015 in Insight of the Week / Let's Develop tagged Clean Code / Effective Programming / Software Craftsmanship by letsdeveloper

Sometimes, I put myself under a lot of pressure, when facing some code that doesn’t look like I like it. I spent much time trying to fix that, because I’m not really sure where to go with it. JBrains told me, that when facing such situations, I should really let […]

Insight of the Week #03 – When Not To Clean ...

20 Jun, 2015 in Insight of the Week / Let's Develop tagged Clean Code / Effective Programming / Refactoring / TDD by letsdeveloper