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Daniel Bader
June 10, 2014
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Transcript
How to become a better developer
The Problem We finish school and become 'professionals' Our learning
focuses on depth and specialization Achieving breadth gets more difficult
better?
better = More $$$ / LoC / features per day?
My definition: to become a better crafts[wo]man
Craftsmanship Build software that not only works and delivers its
business value. Build software that's well-crafted. Feel a sense of pride in how the software was built.
But how?
#1 Read books
Read books 4 Lot's of great books available 4 Great
to dig deep into a subject 4 But: Figure out what to learn first
Great books
Clean Code Robert C. Martin
Clean Coder Robert C. Martin
The Passionate Programmer Chad Fowler
#2 Watch conference talks
Watch recorded talks 4 Lots of free (as in !)
information 4 Listen to some of the smartest people in their fields
! Find the good stuff 4 pyvideo.org 4 Apple's WWDC
Session Videos 4 JSConf
#3 Get your code reviewed
Get your code reviewed 4 Sooo useful ! 4 Ask
your reviewers to be thorough (even if it hurts ") 4 Often points you in the right direction (this is where you go and read #)
#4 Keep a journal
Keep a journal A daily work log and a things
I've learned file
Check out Day One
#5 Read (great) code
Read (great) code 10 FIND 'GOLD STANDARD' PROJECT 20 READ
30 GOTO 10
Read (great) code Examples: 4 Minix kernel (book) 4 Quake
III 4 ReactJS Also, check out fabiensanglard.net
#6 Listen to podcasts
Listen to podcasts 4 A great resource 4 Learn while
you're commuting or preparing dinner
Debug
SE Radio
#7 Work on side projects
Work on side projects 4 Explore problems that you don't
encouter at work 4 Even small projects are fun 4 Open-sourcing them is great for your portfolio
#8 Immerse yourself
Immerse yourself 4 Do two or more of these things
together 4 It's OK to be a nerd 4 Don't overdo it !
#9 Read postmortems
Read postmortems 4 Enlightening 'war stories' 4 Fun to read
4 Great to draw inspiration from
Coders at Work Peter Seibel
#10 Learn a new language
Learn a new language 4 Cliché...but it actually works 4
Learn a different paradigm than what you're used to 4 e.g JavaScript -> Java, Scala, Haskell 4 Check out Koans
#11 Learn together
Learn together The Engineer Meeting – You're doing it now
❤
#12 Find a mentor
Find a mentor 4 Learn from someone more experienced 4
Could be a virtual mentor: 4 An author that you like 4 A successful developer who's career inspires you
Thanks! Questions?