Uneak White's Personal Brand Exploration Presentation
Aristotle and the Art of Software Development
1. Aristotle and the art
of software development
Jonathan Dahl
http://tumblon.com (work)
http://zencoder.tv (product)
http://railspikes.com (blog)
Friday, September 18, 2009
2. Or: what does Athens have to
do with Silicon Valley?
Jonathan Dahl
http://tumblon.com (work)
http://zencoder.tv (product)
http://railspikes.com (blog)
Friday, September 18, 2009
3. Athens Silicon Valley
Friday, September 18, 2009
38. Categorical Imperative
Act only according to that maxim by
which you can at the same time will that
it should become a universal law
Friday, September 18, 2009
55. XP Rules
1.User stories are written. 16.The customer is always available.
2.Release planning creates the schedule. 17.Code must be written to agreed standards.
3.Make frequent small releases. 18.Code the unit test first.
4.The Project Velocity is measured. 19.All production code is pair programmed.
5.The project is divided into iterations. 20.Only one pair integrates code at a time.
6.Iteration planning starts each iteration. 21.Integrate often.
7.Move people around. 22.Use collective code ownership.
8.A stand-up meeting starts each day. 23.Leave optimization till last.
9.Fix XP when it breaks. 24.No overtime.
10.Simplicity. 25.All code must have unit tests.
11.Choose a system metaphor. 26.All code must pass all unit tests before it can
12.Use CRC cards for design sessions. be released.
13.Create spike solutions to reduce risk. 27.When a bug is found tests are created.
14.No functionality is added early. 28.Acceptance tests are run often and the
15.Refactor whenever and wherever score is published.
possible.
Friday, September 18, 2009
64. John Stuart Mill
Opposed slavery
Favored women’s suffrage
Free markets
(...with proper regulation)
Animal rights
Environmentalism
Friday, September 18, 2009
65. John Stuart Mill
Opposed slavery
Favored women’s suffrage
Free markets
(...with proper regulation)
Animal rights
Environmentalism
...way before these things were cool
Friday, September 18, 2009
