Published in Star Gazers·Mar 4, 2021How to be a professional developer, the developer every client wantsBeing a professional developer is crucial in the software industry. Many developers are not working in a professional manner and this will bring a lot of trouble for the client and developer in the future; maintenance, scalability, performance, security, are just a few issues that will emerge and will put…Test Driven Development12 min readTest Driven Development12 min read
Feb 5, 2021The Reasonable Expectations of Your CTO — Uncle BobIn this post I will be talking about Robert Martin’s aka “Uncle Bob” conference about The Reasonable Expectations of Your CTO. In which he explains what he would expect from us if he happened to be our CTO. Are we professionals? Based on our practices and principles we will answer…Uncle Bob5 min readUncle Bob5 min read
Feb 4, 2021Package PrinciplesIn this post I will be talking about the first 4 packages principles. In this context a package is a binary deliverable like a .jar file, or a dll as opposed to a namespace like a java package or a C++ namespace. The 4 principles are: The Release Reuse Equivalency…Packaging3 min readPackaging3 min read
Feb 4, 2021Primitive Obsession and Feature EnvyIn this post I will be talking about some practices that the refactoring.guru website recommends, more specifically, primitive obsession and feature envy. Primitive Obsession Signs and Symptoms Use of primitives instead of small objects for simple tasks (such as currency, ranges, special strings for phone numbers, etc.) Use of constants for coding…Code Smells2 min readCode Smells2 min read
Jan 23, 2021Before the ProjectIn this post I will be talking about David Thomas and Andrew Hunts’ The Pragmatic Programmer book, specifically Chapter 8, in this chapter we will talk about what to do before a project. The Requirements Pit When start any project, we need to define first what we want to achieve…Agile5 min readAgile5 min read
Jan 22, 2021What To Do While You Are CodingIn this post I will be talking about David Thomas and Andrew Hunts’ The Pragmatic Programmer book, specifically Chapter 7, in this chapter we will talk about The Pragmatic Approach. Listen to Your Lizard Brain All of us have have an animal side that represents in our instincts, throughout the…Pragmatic Programming5 min readPragmatic Programming5 min read
Jan 15, 2021The Pragmatic ApproachIn this post I will be talking about David Thomas and Andrew Hunts’ The Pragmatic Programmer book, specifically Chapter 2, in this chapter we will talk about The Pragmatic Approach. The Essence of Good Design Making a good design is pretty important, not as a rule but as a value…The Pragmatic Programmer5 min readThe Pragmatic Programmer5 min read
Jan 14, 2021XP (Extreme Programming) Practices Part 2In this post I will be talking about Kent Beck’s Extreme Programming Explained book, specifically Chapter 7, in this chapter we will talk about XP Practices. In XP there are several practices that go in line with Extreme Programming, these practices help teams to get the best of them and…Extreme Programming5 min readExtreme Programming5 min read
Jan 11, 2021XP(Extreme Programming) Practices, Part 1In this post I will be talking about Kent Beck’s Extreme Programming Explained book, specifically Chapter 7, in this chapter we will talk about XP Practices. In XP there are several practices that go in line with Extreme Programming, these practices help teams to get the best of them and…Xp4 min readXp4 min read
Jan 7, 2021Timeless Way of Programming in XPIn this post I will be talking about Kent Beck’s Extreme Programming Explained book, specifically Chapter 23, in this chapter we will talk about Timeless Way of Programming in XP. Client Needs Kent Beck explains that in the older times, it was really common for people to build their own…Xp3 min readXp3 min read
