Go Reinvent The Wheel

We all know how software libraries, packages, modules have made life easier for developers who build software applications and cannot be bothered with what is under the hood. Guess what: chances are getting your hands dirty can help you learn to be a better software engineer and developer. Coding school websites do not teach developers how to pack their code into libraries and manage their own libraries’ user base. It is through building libraries, RTFM and self-exploration that we learn much more.

This was presented at the PHP Conference Asia on 22 Sep 2015 at the National University of Singapore Society Kent Ridge Guild House.

Transcript

1. GRTW Sam Yong github.com/mauris
2. Go Reinvent The Wheel Sam Yong github.com/mauris
3. REINVENT
4. WHEEL
5. WOAH! ANTI-PATTERN ALERT
7. DON'T REINVENT THE WHEEL
8. You'll never walk alone
9. "Avoiding (reinvention) is a standard bit of received wisdom" - Jeff Atwood
12. Back to school...
13. Learning AVL Tree?
14. Java TreeMap?
17. Reimplement to Learn
18. More Reinvention More Learning Better Programmer
19. Not For Work
20. Sharpening Your Axe
21. Actually Learn
22. Be Different
23. Ensure Reusability
24. Set a time-frame
25. 3 actions
26. Watch . .
28. cheeaun / 4.6k
29. sayanee / 1.1k
30. timoxley / 0.9k
31. Train
33. plugins, libraries, packages, etc.
34. Fork
37. W.T.F.
38. Builds Portfolio
39. More Awareness
40. Confident Developers
42. Go Learn
43. Go Reinvent The Wheel
44. Thank you github.com/mauris sam@mauris.sg
45. "NUS School of Computing" by Soccorpcomm, CC-BY-SA 3.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NUS_School_of_Computing.JPG "Side-project" by CommitStrip, Free for Non-commercial Use http://www.commitstrip.com/ "Wire Wheels" by Bob Jagendorf, CC-BY-NC 2.0 https://www.flickr.com/photos/bobjagendorf/4640048920/ "Axe" by coconinoco, CC-BY-NC-ND 2.0 https://www.flickr.com/photos/coconino/4266690307/ I hold no ownership claim over all trademarks and logos used in this presentation. All trademarks and logos belong to their respective owners.