How do we balance building the right thing with building it well? In this presentation we will examine this question at multiple levels of focus. We will discuss how a team can define the threshold for acceptable quality for their own context.
18. I'm never in favor of writing
code poorly, but I am in favor
of writing code to reflect your
current understanding of a
problem even if that
understanding is partial.
Ward Cunningham
“Ward Explains Debt Metaphor”
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WardExplainsDebtMetaphor
20. The tests specify requirements
in a way that does not require
human interpretation to indicate
success or failure.
Jim Newkirk
Test Driven Development in Microsoft .NET
21. Building it right has a
minimum acceptable
threshold which must
be met
22. Once you get your systems to
work, you still have to go back
and clean up the wreckage left
behind by the victorious battle.
“Uncle” Bob Martin
“The Rush”
http://blog.objectmentor.com/articles/2009/06/26/the-rush
23. You are not done until the
victorious code has been
cleaned, polished, and oiled.
“Uncle” Bob Martin
“The Rush”
http://blog.objectmentor.com/articles/2009/06/26/the-rush
38. I thought that rushing software
out the door to get some
experience with it was a good
idea, but that of course, you
would eventually go back
Ward Cunningham
“Ward Explains Debt Metaphor”
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WardExplainsDebtMetaphor
39. as you learned things about that
software you would repay that
loan by refactoring the program
to reflect your experience as you
acquired it.
Ward Cunningham
“Ward Explains Debt Metaphor”
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WardExplainsDebtMetaphor
45. a developer's career is spent
pursuing better and better
answers to the question
"where should this code go?"
Jeremy Miller
On Writing Maintainable Code
http://codebetter.com/blogs/jeremy.miller/archive/2006/12/06/On-Writing-Maintainable-Code.aspx
55. When you finally realize what
your program is doing, you
have to go back and make it
look like you knew that all
along.
Ward Cunningham
“Mastering the Craft of Programming”
http://railslab.newrelic.com/2009/09/15/ward-cunningham-aboutus-org
56. Make it look like it was easy
to write this program, even if
it wasn’t.
Ward Cunningham
“Mastering the Craft of Programming”
http://railslab.newrelic.com/2009/09/15/ward-cunningham-aboutus-org