THE SOFTWARE CRAFTSMAN

by sandro mancuso
What ? Ideology Lower the cost of quality

Not a religion What modern developers do :

AGILITY
Not a method Develop
Test How to build the RIGHT THING
Working code = the minimum for a professional
Analyze
Good senior developer code Make technical choices Focus on the process Customer centric
Help client
80's Now Does not make developers better
Recruit
...
Nobody understand
 the code
Clean
Human readable CRAFTSMANSHIP
Domain language
How to build the THING RIGHT
"Craftsmanship over crap" - Robert C. Martin

What ? Be PROUD to be a DEVELOPER

FAILURE
Development is a craft Learning from others OWN your CAREER VS "Peter's principle"

ADVANCEMENT
"Only incompetent people
Constantly sharing A long journey to mastery are scared to lose their job"
SUCCESS

ADVANCEMENT
Caring about what they do SUCCESS

RESPONSIBILITY/ PROFESSIONALISM / PRAGMATISM / PRIDE

MANIFESTO FOR SOFTWARE CRAFTSMANSHIP - 2008

1 Not only working software, but also WELL-CRAFTED software

Well-crafted = High quality code

"Code quality is not a guarantee of success
Automated tests
BUT can be the main cause of failure"
Business language in the code
Simple design

2 Not only responding to change, but also STEADILY ADDING VALUE

Constantly improve your code

Testable
Boy scout rule
Extendable "Always leave the campground cleaner than
Refactor you found it."

3 Not only individuals and interactions, but also A COMMUNITY OF PROFESSIONALS

Share / Mentor
Craftsmen want to work with
Knowledge passionates & inspiring professionals
Ideas a.k.a other craftsmen
Successes and failures

4 Not only customer collaboration, but also PRODUCTIVE PARTNERSHIPS

We are not factory workers

Some clients are not ready :
Must help our clients very difficult environment for craftsmen
Must say NO for clients good

REDUce the gap between the agile methodologies and the technical world

Attitude PRACTICE / PRACTICE / PRACTICE

Positive
Practice through Motivation towards a goal
SOMEONE wants you to do it

Code katas Open source projects

MOTIVATION

YOU want to do it

"Make this project sucessfully "I really want to work on

and you get a bonus" this project"
EXTRINSIC

INTRINSIC

Pair/mob "Do this project or "I really don't want to work

you are fired" on this project"
programming
pet projects
Negative
Motivation away from something
Discovery

practices Continuous learning

Create a
Extreme programming
Whole
culture of improvement
Team

Create a
Inject passion
culture of sharing
Collective Coding
Ownership Test-Driven Standard
Development
Brown bags
Pair Planning
Customer
Tests
programming
Refactoring game Book club Lean coffees

Continuous Simple Sustainable

integration Design Pace

Lightning talks Code reviews

Metaphor

Small
releases communities of practice

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