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Five Static Code Audits Every Developer Should Know and Use
Mike Rozlog discusses the need for software audits, proposing five code reviews that every developer should use: Numerical Literal, String Literal, god Method, Shotgun Surgery and Duplicate Code.
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The Case for Evolvable Software
Stephanie Forrest believes in the possibility to create evolvable software through automated bug repair, optimizing or improving code and creating new combinations of existing functionality.
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Slimmed Down Software - A Lean, Groovy Approach
Hamlet D'Arcy explains the Lean principles - Eliminate Waste, Build Quality In, Create Knowledge, Defer Commitment, Deliver Fast, Respect People, Optimize the Whole – in the context of using Groovy.
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Raising the Bar: Super Optimizing Your Agile Implementation Using Kanban and Lean
Jesper Boeg and Guilherme Silveira discuss if Lean&Kanban is better than traditional Agile, how they could go together, and determining if Lean&Kanban is appropriate for immature teams.
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Living and Working with Aging Software
Ralph Johnson discusses principles, practices and tools relating to software development starting from already existing code which needs refactoring, maintenance, and sometimes architectural change.
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The DCI Architecture: Lean and Agile at the Code Level
James Coplien explains the DCI paradigm used to better represent the user’s mental model through code, proposing a way of reintroducing architecture back to Lean and Agile projects.
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Scrub & Spin: Stealth Use of Formal Methods in Software Development
Gerard Holzmann discusses Spin, a design analyzer tool, and Scrub, a code review tool, used by Jet Propulsion Laboratory to analyze and fix the software used for solar system exploration missions.
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Bad Code, Craftsmanship, Engineering, and Certification
Robert C. Martin on writing good code starting with a bad code example, then addressing many topics like: Boy Scout rule, functions, arguments, craftsmanship, TDD, engineering, certification, etc.
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Sustainable Test-Driven Development
Steve Freeman offers advice on writing good tests that make development easier avoiding dead weight code that is hard to maintain. Topics: readability, complex data, diagnostics, and flexibility.
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Controlling Your Architecture
Magnus Robertsson shows how to control the code architecture to avoid an architectural drift leading to a big-ball-of-mud: peer review, code analysis, and zero tolerance to warnings and errors.
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JavaScript in the Enterprise
Attila Szegedi discusses Javascript in the enterprise, scalability, architectural solutions, continuations, organizational benefits and challenges, code quality, modularity and threading.
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When it Just HAS to Work
This talk gives practical tips for adopting an agile approach to planning, team interactions and risk management. When the culture shifts, teams achieve goals sooner and safety is greatly enhanced.
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