Developing for Fun

Developing for fun - talk presented at Codeconnexx 2013

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2. whoami
   • Brazilian PHP / Web Developer living in Amsterdam
   • Works with independent projects
   • Contacts
   • Twitter: @erikaheidi
   • Blog: erikaheidi.com
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3. define:fun
   fun [/fʌn/] noun. enjoyment, amusement, or light-hearted pleasure.
   Synonyms: entertainment, amusement, excitement, gratification [...]
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5. Fun and the Learning Process
   (...) when we scrub joy and comfort from the classroom, we distance our
   students from effective information processing and long-term memory
   storage. Instead of taking pleasure from learning, students become bored,
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   Judy Willis, The Neuroscience of Joyful Education
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6. The Fun Theory
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXh2n0aPyw
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7. Fun promotes
   engagement
   

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8. Fun makes
   learning easier
   

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11. Programming for Fun
    • No pressure, no boss
    • You can experiment
    • Best way for learning new tools
    • Its YOUR idea
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12. Lucky you, programmer!
    • You have all the tools you need
    • Not a designer? Try ThemesForest
    • Not a programmer? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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14. A few thoughts on creativity
    • programming is a very creative activity, if you didn't notice yet
    • human beings are creative by nature
    • creative thinking first, evaluation later
    • most of the ideas we have are based on something else and that's ok. do
    it different!
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15. From the Concept to the Project
    • Ideas have a timing
    • When you have a clearer idea of what you want,
    start project design
    • Take it seriously!
    • Stay open to new technologies - best opportunity to learn
    • Think about monetizing possibilities - it might change your model
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17. Open Source Fun
    

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19. Fabgit
    • a fabulous and open source git output wrapper
    • a phar package using whatthejeff/fab
    • when I received my first pull request ever =)
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22. Placephant
    • an open source placeholder featuring elephpants
    • Using Silex and Flint
    • got spread quickly before I even tweet about it
    • all the cool geeks are using! =P
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24. Twitter Fun
    

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26. Great Zoltar
    • Open source twitter bot application (a fortune-teller)
    • Using Cilex, the cli framework by @mvriel
    • A reason: plain and simple funny fun (and I loved BIG, the
    movie)
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29. TweetAuditor
    • A free monitoring service for Twitter
    • Something I built for myself
    • Amazing repercussion
    • No resources to keep it running the way it was built
    • Refactoring is planned, but the service model must change
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30. Image Fun
    

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32. FotoMontagens
    • Easy photo editing / photo montage tools
    • Using GD and Imagemagick
    • For the brazilian masses!
    • Successfully monetized with Google Adsense
    • Refactoring is ongoing
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34. When to use Quick and Dirty
    The problem with quick and dirty is that the dirty remains long after the
    quick has been forgotten. - Steve C McConnell
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35. Plan ahead for reuse
    • think in reusable components
    • progressive development
    • open sourcing the components is
    good
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36. Advertisement
    • yes, it works!
    • but you need to focus on bigger audiences
    • and you need to keep engaging the public and working hard!
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39. Programmers who don’t code in their spare
    time for fun will never become as good as
    those that do.
    20 controversial programming opinions
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40. Questions?
    

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41. Thanks! ;)
    https://joind.in/9611
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