Jonathan Crossland
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Registered: Feb, 2004
Jonathan Crossland is a software architect for Lucid Ocean Ltd
TalkWare Episode 2 with Kent Beck
Posted: Feb 5, 2009 2:39 PM
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In this episode:
Mr Thee Beck
Before we had Methodologies and Patterns
The Ancients understood more
When did you think about XP?
The issues in teh context around programming
Can DSL's bridge a Gap?
Agile, People and Relationships
What exactly is Extreme programming?
Values: Communication, Simplicity, Feedback, Courage and Respect
Principles are Fuzzy
Practices, are NOT Fuzzy
Pair Programming
"People pretty much know what to do already, they are just not doing it."
Can XP make it all better?
Beck et al 2001
What do you do everyday?
Just Ship, Baby
"Valuable source code. In my mind."
"As I dig into my own motivations"
Service and Sustenance
JUnit Max
Can you get money from software?
The Costs of testing, writing it and running it
Do you test all the time?
I design badly all the time.
Testing can give early feedback about your designs
Generating Code from Tests?
Agitar
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