Embracing The New Hotness, Gently - 360iDev Denver, August 2016

Your engineering team wants to dive deeply into the newest programming tool or next generation technology for a mission-critical project. How do you balance the promised rewards of a new language, software tool, or hardware technology with the risks of unstable software, hardware that does not work as promised, or new tools that are abandoned? In this session you’ll learn how to take new toys for a test drive without going all the way down the rabbit hole. You’ll learn how to select the best pieces of your app to work with a new technology—and when to simply rip off the Band-Aid and go all in on the new hotness. Finally, you’ll learn shares some of my biggest mistakes in adopting new tools and technologies, so you and your team can avoid the same problems.

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1. EMBRACING THE NEW HOTNESS, GENTLY ELLEN SHAPIRO | 360IDEV | AUGUST 2016 SPOTHERO.COM | JUSTHUM.COM | DESIGNATEDNERD.COM | @DESIGNATEDNERD
2. ENGINEERS ARE REALLY EXCITABLE
7. SHORT-TERM EFFORT VS. LONG-TERM BENEFIT
8. http://xkcd.com/1319/
9. http://xkcd.com/1319/
10. MAINTAINABILITY
11. MAINTAINABILITY
15. THREE STRATEGIES FOR BETTER INTEGRATION OF THE NEW HOTNESS
16. STRATEGY THE FIRST: START SMALL
17. SMALLER PIECES OF A LARGER PROJECT
18. REACTIVE PROGRAMMING
19. REACTIVE PROGRAMMING
20. PICK A BORING PART OF A PROJECT
22. FORMS
26. EVALUATE THE BENEFITS
27. EVALUATE THE BENEFITS
28. CODE REVIEW: NOT JUST FOR CATCHING SCREW-UPS
29. CODE REVIEW: SHARE THE KNOWLEDGE
32. SOMETIMES THE BENEFIT DOESN'T COME IN PIECES
33. STRATEGY THE SECOND: INTERNAL TOOLS / PROJECTS
35. RISK IS SHARED BY THE ENGINEERING TEAM
36. RISK IS SHARED BY THE ENGINEERING TEAM
37. VOKAL.IO + `
44. (˽°□°҂˽Ɨ ˍʓˍ
45. (˽°□°҂˽Ɨ ˍʓˍ
46. STRATEGY THE THIRD: HACK DAYS / 20% TIME
47. SOFTWARE ENGINEERS ARE CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVERS
48. SOFTWARE ENGINEERS ARE CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVERS
49. SOFTWARE ENGINEERS ARE CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVERS
51. TAKE AWAY RISK AND WATCH IDEAS BLOOM
55. KOTLIN && SWIFT
56. KOTLIN && SWIFT
57. FIND OUT WHAT'S READY AND WHAT'S NOT
58. ಠ_ಠ
59. BONUS: WORK WITH DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF YOUR TEAM
65. "INTRAPRENEURSHIP"
66. "INTRAPRENEURSHIP"
67. CREATING A PERMANENT SPACE FOR RISK-TAKING
72. DON'T BE AN IDIOT OVERLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT DEADLINES
73. DON'T BE AN IDIOT OVERLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT DEADLINES
74. DON'T FORGET TO ACCOUNT FOR THE LEARNING CURVE
75. DON'T FORGET TO ACCOUNT FOR THE LEARNING CURVE
76. DON'T LET JUNIOR ENGINEERS FLAIL
77. DON'T LET JUNIOR ENGINEERS FLAIL
78. DON'T LET JUNIOR ENGINEERS FLAIL
79. DON'T BE AFRAID TO CUT BAIT AND TRY AGAIN
80. DON'T BE AFRAID TO CUT BAIT AND TRY AGAIN
81. MANDATORY SUMMARY SLIDE > Break off small pieces of larger projects
82. MANDATORY SUMMARY SLIDE > Break off small pieces of larger projects > Try something internally first
83. MANDATORY SUMMARY SLIDE > Break off small pieces of larger projects > Try something internally first > Find times and places to experiment
84. MANDATORY SUMMARY SLIDE > Break off small pieces of larger projects > Try something internally first > Find times and places to experiment > Be mindful of timelines and deadlines
85. MANDATORY SUMMARY SLIDE > Break off small pieces of larger projects > Try something internally first > Find times and places to experiment > Be mindful of timelines and deadlines > If at first you don't succeed, that's OK
86. MANDATORY SUMMARY SLIDE > Break off small pieces of larger projects > Try something internally first > Find times and places to experiment > Be mindful of timelines and deadlines > If at first you don't succeed, that's OK > you can always try again
87. SPECIAL THANKS
88. QUESTION TIME! (or bug me on Twitter @designatednerd)
89. LINKS! (PT. 1) > Reactive Forms with RxAndroid: https://www.vokal.io/ labs/reactive-forms-with-rxandroid > The New vokal.io: https://www.vokal.io/labs/the-new- vokalio > Hack Your Way To Great Ideas: https:// blogs.dropbox.com/dropbox/2015/08/hack-your-way- to-great-ideas/
90. LINKS! (PT. 2) > 20% Time vs 120% Time http://qz.com/116196/google- engineers-insist-20-time-is-not-dead-its-just-turned- into-120-time/ > The Innovator's dilemma http://www.amazon.com/The- Innovator-s-Dilemma-Technologies-Management/dp/ 1633691780/
91. PHOTO CREDITS (PT. 1) > Miscellaneous cool toys by thotfulspot https:// www.flickr.com/photos/thotfulspot/6151593033/ > Broken Toy by Michael Coghlan https:// www.flickr.com/photos/mikecogh/6082137401/ > Reinventing The Wheel by Thomas Guest https:// www.flickr.com/photos/thomasguest/5491482766/ > 2011-0320 by VGB.Studios https://www.flickr.com/ photos/vgb-studios/6605405287
92. PHOTO CREDITS (PT. 2) > Share by GotCredit https://www.flickr.com/photos/ jakerust/16639834358/ > You Break It You Buy It by Gregg Tavares https:// www.flickr.com/photos/greggman/235884548/ > What's Next? by sean hobson https://www.flickr.com/ photos/seanhobson/4380105315/
93. PHOTO CREDITS (PT. 3) > Lego Dungeons and Dragons - Action Points by Marco Hazard https://www.flickr.com/photos/ 42405591@N02/11013256715/ > Little flower sprout grows through urban asphalt ground by ปᆱ Ἆ https://www.flickr.com/photos/ 138615660@N02/ > Ahchan and iPad by Hajime NAKANO https:// www.flickr.com/photos/jetalone/4694902742/
94. PHOTO CREDITS (PT. 4) > 235/365 ...somewhere there is a boundless universe waiting to be discovered by Iryna Yeroshko https:// www.flickr.com/photos/mandarina94/6267475924 > Edge of the falls by Mig Gilbert https:// www.flickr.com/photos/mig-gilbert/26182478906