The top 9+7 things every programmer or architect should know – Java Code Geeks

Brent Sordyl — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:11:58 +0000

1. “You don’t have to make every module perfect before you check it in. You simply have to make it a little bit better than when you checked it out.”
2. “The bottom line is that beautiful code is simple code.”
3. Step Back and Automate, Automate, Automate – Cay Horstmann
4. Continuous Learning – Clint Shank
5. Check Your Code First Before Looking to Blame Others – Allan Kelly
6. Hard Work Does Not Pay Off – Olve Maudal
7. Comment Only What the Code Cannot Say – Kevlin Henney
8. Know Your IDE – Heinz Kabutz
9. Learn to Estimate – Giovanni Asproni
1. Understand The Business Domain – Mark Richards
2. Before anything, an architect is a developer – Mike Brown
3. Find and retain passionate problem solvers, Give developers autonomy, Empower developers
4. It’s never too early to think about performance – Rebecca Parsons
5. Record your rationale – Timothy High
6. Stand Up! – Udi Dahan
7. Great software is not built, it is grown – Bill de hora

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Anatomy of a Crushing – Pinboard.in Blog

Brent Sordyl — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 20:18:43 +0000

It was my experience that people approached an online purchase of six dollars with the same deliberation and thoughtfulness they might bring to bear when buying a new car. Prospective users would hand-wring for weeks on Twitter and send us closely-worded, punctilious lists of questions before creating an account.

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The top 9+7 things every programmer or architect should know – Java Code Geeks

Anatomy of a Crushing – Pinboard.in Blog