Software Craftsmanship
http://www.londonswcraft.com@londonswcraft
Sandro Mancuso@sandromancuso
Software Craftsmen just care about
beautiful code
Agile Software Development
We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value:
Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
Working software over comprehensive documentation
Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
Responding to change over following a plan
That is, while there is value in the items onthe right, we value the items on the left more.
We adopted Agile and now things will be OK
… and the Agile Transformation Era began.
And then we spend 10 year focusing on...
… people, interactions, team building, the ecosystem
Process and Interactions became more important than technical practices
Many Agile projects are now, steadily and
iteratively, producing crap mediocre software.
The Agile Hangover
We want to get things done...
… but we are under pressure
The wrong notion of time
But what is to be Agile anyway?
Agile Software Development
We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value:
Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
Working software over comprehensive documentation
Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
Responding to change over following a plan
That is, while there is value in the items onthe right, we value the items on the left more.
The invisible threat
Code quality
Time per feature
Manifesto for Software Craftsmanshipraising the bar
As aspiring Software Craftsmen we are raising the bar of professional software development by practising it and helping others learn the craft. Through this
work we have come to value:
Manifesto for Software Craftsmanshipraising the bar
As aspiring Software Craftsmen we are raising the bar of professional software development by practising it and helping others learn the craft. Through this
work we have come to value:
Not only working software, but also well-crafted software
Manifesto for Software Craftsmanshipraising the bar
As aspiring Software Craftsmen we are raising the bar of professional software development by practising it and helping others learn the craft. Through this
work we have come to value:
Not only working software, but also well-crafted software Not only responding to change, but also steadily adding value
Manifesto for Software Craftsmanshipraising the bar
As aspiring Software Craftsmen we are raising the bar of professional software development by practising it and helping others learn the craft. Through this
work we have come to value:
Not only working software, but also well-crafted software Not only responding to change, but also steadily adding value Not only individuals and interactions, but also a community of professionals
Manifesto for Software Craftsmanshipraising the bar
As aspiring Software Craftsmen we are raising the bar of professional software development by practising it and helping others learn the craft. Through this
work we have come to value:
Not only working software, but also well-crafted software Not only responding to change, but also steadily adding value Not only individuals and interactions, but also a community of professionals Not only customer collaboration, but also productive partnerships
What is Software Craftsmanship?
Software Craftsmanship is all about putting responsibility, professionalism, pragmatism and pride back into software development
Does context matter?Does it always matter?
How do we know we are building the right thing?
How do we know we are building the thing right?
Adding value through practice
Automated testing Test first Test-Driven Development Pair-programming Continuous Integration
Don't discuss practices, discuss value.
Healthy Intolerance
How can you add more value and/or have smaller feedback cycles when not using our practices?
Mastering the practices is hard …
… and that's why we practice
Perfect practice(narrowing the gap)
Software Craftsmanship is a long journey to mastery
Software Craftsmanship Attitude
- Owning your career- Not a 9 to 5 profession- Practice- Boy scout rule- Expecting promotions
The attitude towards legacy code
Why would we want to be better developers?
Software Craftsmanship Movement
- Pragmatic Programmer and Software Craftsmanship books are published (1999 and 2001)
- Dec, 2008: Meeting in US defining a set of principles for Sofware Craftsmanship
- Feb, 2009: First Software Craftsmanship Conference in London
- Mar, 2009: Software Craftsmanship Manifesto
- Apr, 2009: Craftsman swap between Obtiva and 8th Light
- Aug, 2009: First SCNA conference in Chicago
- Oct, 2009: Apprenticeship Patterns is published
- Aug, 2010: LSCC was founded
- Oct, 2010: Second edition of conferences in London and Chicago
- Sep, 2011: Software Craftsmanship Conference in Germany
Software Craftsmanship is not...
… a church, trying to convert all developersIt's about leading by example and showing how we can
be better
… about beautiful codeIt's about continuously delivering value not writing
crap code
Raising the Bar
Stop...
… being miserable and negative
… spreading your frustrations
The only way to have people buying into what you believe is if they see you happy.
Craftsmanship is not enough to guarantee the success of a project but the lack of it can be the main cause of its failure
Agile and Craftsmanship complement each other and both are necessary.
Agile processes assume technical excellence and a professional attitude.
Software Craftsmanship takes technical excellence and professionalism to a whole new level.
London Software Craftsmanship Community - LSCC
http://www.londonswcraft.com
Thank You
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Sandro Mancuso@sandromancuso