Sam Backus
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Mob Programming Conference
Sam Backus
Mob Programming
Observations
Rules
Rule:
For an idea to go from someones head into the computer it must go through someone else's hands
Pairing is a skill
Rule:
When navigating start with intent and only give more details if required
Intention > Location > Details
No production code without tests
No production code without tests
- Write no production code except to pass a failing test
- Write only enough of a test to demonstrate a failure
- Write only enough production code to pass a test
the law of mobility
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Classes can be no longer than one hundred lines of code.
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Methods can be no longer than five lines of code.
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Pass no more than four parameters into a method. Hash options are parameters.
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Controllers can instantiate only one object.
5 rules of OOP
"an ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching" ~Gandhi
No bike shedding:
try both
then vote and move on
It's in the doing of the work that we discover the work that we must do
Learning to work well together means we have to learn about ourselves
emotional safety
Instead of failing less
reduce the cost of failure/change
Continuous Learning
Retrospectives
turn up the good
Satisficing vs. Optimizing
If you system requires discipline, maybe the system is broken
Whiteboard -> English -> Code
Refactoring english is easier than refactoring Code
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By Sam Backus
