Software Architect | Jazz Maverick | Literally works *in* The Cloud | Ensembler | Infrequent Sketchnoter | micro:bit hacker | STEAM Ambassador | He/Him
Derek Graham
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Still places available for my final Refactoring out-of-hours workshop on Saturday June 20th at 09:45 BST/GMT+1
£99 + VAT for two packed hours of turning nasty code into maintainable code without the fear or the fires!
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Well, here we are finally - the sound of one door closing and the end of a 17-year journey.
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If your employer won't invest in training you in software engineering fundamentals, I'm running out-of-hours workshops especially for self-funding learners.
Coming up:
May 12 & 16 - Specification By Example
May 19 & 23 - Test-Driven Development
Register here:
www.tickettailor.com/events/codem...
AI has been foisted upon us, for sure, but one reason it lands with so many is that LLMs *feel like* a solution for loneliness/estrangement/isolation: People who crave feedback and iteration but lack the courage or social capital to get it. Showing a first draft to someone is exposure. /1
Choose pair programming
Choose energised work
Choose test-driven development
Choose short iterations and frequent releases
Choose continuous integration
Choose refactoring the code to keep the design simple and malleable
Choose your future. Choose XP.