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"The Productive Programmer" by Neal Ford
sponsored by NoFluffJustStuff
Abstract
This session defines the principles of Canonicality and Focus, and describes their use. But the primary focus of this talk is on real-world examples of how you can use these principles to make yourself a more productive programmer. Canonicality (the DRY principle from The Pragmatic Programmer) discourages repeating artifacts in projects. This talk shows effective ways to avoid this repetition. I show examples of creating DRY documentation, O/R mapping, database schemas, and development environments. Focus describes how you can utilize your environment (both physical and computer) to greatly enhance your productivity. This talk includes tons of examples, all culled from real-world projects.
Speaker Bio
Neal Ford is an Application Architect for ThoughtWorks. He is an architect, designer, and developer of applications, instructional materials, magazine articles, and video/DVD presentations. Neal is also the author of Developing with Delphi: Object-Oriented Techniques (Prentice Hall PTR, 1996), JBuilder 3 Unleashed (SAMS Publishing, 1999), and Art of Java Web Development (Manning, 2003). His language proficiencies include Java, C#/.NET, Ruby, Object Pascal, C++, and C. Neal’s primary consulting focus is the design and construction of large-scale enterprise applications. He is also an internationally acclaimed speaker, having spoken at over 30 developers conferences worldwide including the ever popular No Fluff Just Stuff Java Symposium Series.
file: NEALFORD.pdf [7.34MB]
