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CODE == TEXT
… and developers are writers
And(re)y Bar(a)nov, Evil Martians
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evilmartians.com
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evilmartians.com/chronicles
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2000 - 2002 2003 - 2013 2013-2016
How I got here
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Text file
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Text file
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we work with text files all day &'
we make sure our code is readable and contains no errors
we version text files
we (mostly) don’t like to write in human languages
We are developers
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we work with text files all day &'
we make sure our text is readable and contains no errors
we version text files
we (mostly) don’t like to write in computer languages )
We are writers
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But… Why?
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OK, let’s talk pyramids
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TDD pyramid
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Code Text
Linters Spell checkers
Unit tests Style, paragraphs
System tests Chapters, composition
Manual tests, QA Editor-in-chief, your mom
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Journalism Ruby
#initialize
private methods
one-liners
#call
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Ruby style Writing style
Short lines Short sentences
Short methods Short paragraphs
Well-chosen names Well-chosen words
Idioms (GitHub) Duh, idioms! (Literature)
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Junior developers Junior writers
Read code
before you write
it!
Read articles
before you write
them!
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SOLID Code
A class/method
should only have
a single responsibility…
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SOLID Writing
A paragraph/sentence
should only have
a single responsibility…
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Thank you, and enjoy writing (and reading)!
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