Be a better developer

Diego Lemos@dlresende

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so excited to start a new project

brand new technologies, projects,

challenges… so many things to

learn

Before joining a new project...

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...after joining a new project

this codebase is

a mess

we lack tests, design, new technology, automation...

there are bugs everywhere and users are not

happy

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Some weeks later

I’m going to leave this project

I’m going to find a

better one

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so excited to start a new project

brand new technologies, projects,

challenges… so many things to

learn

Before joining a new project...

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Today, everyone is doing agile development

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http://coach-agile.com/tag/cloud/

We do agile development, but it still doesn't workAdd new features still come with high cost

Clients still complain about lack of quality (bugs)

Teams still struggle to deliver frequently into production

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Agile development is about values

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http://www.infoq.com/fr/articles/change-practices-principles-values

Agile Manifesto don’t mention technical aspects

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What is Software Craftsmanship?

“Software Craftsmanship is all about putting responsibility, professionalism, pragmatism and pride back into software

development.”

Sandro Mancuso

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attitude

skills

knowledge

Software Crafts(wo)men’s attitude

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Be professional

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Programming by coincidence

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“Do your part.”

Herbert José de Sousa (Betinho)

Take responsibility

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Master your tools

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Say NO whenever necessary

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Waterfall x Agile

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deadline

scope

budg

et

quality

quality

scope

budg

et

deadline

Own your career

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If your client don’t want to listen you, find another one

Practice, practice, practice

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Keep things simple

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Accidental complexity

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https://xkcd.com/974/

The General Problem… YAGNI!

Keep learning

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Share what you know

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Favor collective interestover your personal interests

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Be humble

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Raise the bar

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Don’t be a boiled frog

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Stone soup

Always leave the campground cleaner than you found it

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Be proud of your work

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ConclusionThe perfect project, with perfect people, with perfect technology

doesn’t exist

Try your best to make things better in your current project

If you can’t for some reason, move on

Improve your knowledge and skills all the way long

Adopt the Craftsman attitude

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Read

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To go further on thishttps://video.umontpellier.fr/agile-tour-2011-a-lum2-jean-laurent-de-morlhon-software-craftsmanship-en-pratique/

https://www.parleys.com/tutorial/software-craftsmanship

http://www.infoq.com/presentations/craftmanship-ethics

http://tpierrain.blogspot.fr/2014/08/raising-bar.html

http://www.infoq.com/presentations/craftmanship-ethics

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Thank you

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Questions ?

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