Agile software development
Modeling is not the preserve of plan-driven methods, and the problems sometimes encountered lie not with modeling per se but with overdosing on models and failing to use modeling as an opportunity for communication. Models that become an end in themselves and are drawn up by individuals in isolation from …
Owing to the realities of risk, uncertainty, constant change and complexity, traditional approaches to project planning are often neither doable or desirable. Agile and iterative software development techniques are, in effect, plan-as-you-go techniques that offer advantages over traditional techniques that focus on planning with as much detail as possible. This …
Jason recently talked about Maven 3 at the Maven Meetup on March 19, 2009. Here is his entire presentation. In it, Jason discusses plans for Maven 3: support for incremental builds, changes to Plexus, better multi-language support, a queryable lifecycle, changes to the Plugin API, extensible reporting, a refactored plugin …
An example of refactoring to clean up a python script. [vimeo 7642937 400 635] Blog source of the video
Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD) started out as a way of teaching Test-Driven Development without getting sidetracked into the complex world of testing. BDD has grown to encompass behaviour at the story level, and is crossing over into the acceptance testing space. This session introduces some of the ideas and vocabulary behind …
A general presentation of the agile approach given to the Houston ALT.NET group. [vimeo 4527751 480 360] Presentation notes
