Monthly Archives: October 2007

A quick OOPSLA write up

Posted on October 31, 2007 by Liz

Finally back at my own home. Highlights were: Kathy Sierra turning up unexpectedly, and her “Creating Passionate Users” keynote Martin Fowler turning into a werewolf at the panel reflecting on No Silver Bullet” (this is our Chief Scientist… did I … Continue reading →

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Lessons from the Goth Conga* line at Whitby

Posted on October 30, 2007 by Liz

You can be fast, or have control, but must sacrifice one for the other. How much of each you can have depends on your platforms. (*Actual music was the Locomotion. No self-respecting goth would be seen dead dancing to the … Continue reading →

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BDD, Regression Testing and some feature requests

Posted on October 25, 2007 by Liz

We write scenarios to help us know when we’re done… not I’ve been quite happily espousing the idea that we write scenarios in order to help us (devs) know when we’re done, which helps drive our design, and everything else … Continue reading →

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The Game of Life – a kata

Posted on October 12, 2007 by Liz

I finally got around to putting a simple version of the Game of Life kata on the web. This is the exercise which we’ll be using to teach BDD at Oopsla. If you’ve never heard of the Game of Life … Continue reading →

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When estimates go wrong

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Liz

Quite often on my current project, I hear conversations like, “That was estimated at three days, and it’s taken five. Why do you think that was?” This is never asked with any sense of blame; rather, it’s a learning experience. … Continue reading →

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