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Lessons Learned in Dezember 2016

03 Jan 2017
Posted by Steven

This is what I learned in Dezember 2016:

Writing awesome Java code workshop

02 Jan 2017
Posted by Steven

A couple of weeks ago, I gave another workshop for my colleagues in Braunschweig, Germany. The first thoughts for this workshop came to me months ago. I noticed that all developers I know are proficient in reading and writing Java code. They know the language concepts and syntactic rules. However, some of them struggle with coding elegantly and efficiently. I realized that basic concepts of "advanced Java programming" are not known or not understood.

Lessons Learned in October / November 2016

09 Dec 2016
Posted by Steven

This is what I learned in October and November 2016:

My new vertically adjustable desk

13 Nov 2016
Posted by Steven

Couple of months ago, I started looking for a new desk for my home office. Changes in my project caused me to work from home a lot. Also, a colleague told me about how great a vertically adjustable desk is for his health. "It simply is the difference between backache and no backache." After researching the topic, I decided to buy a Hammerbacher XDSM for 751,75€.

Java Forum Nord 2016 - TDLCR: Test Driven Legacy Code Refactoring by Falk Sippach

09 Nov 2016
Posted by Steven

This article is part of a series about Java Forum Nord 2016, a conference that took place in Hannover, Germany. Links to articles about other talks I visited there can be found below.

What is the "Golden Master" Technique?

08 Nov 2016
Posted by Steven

In preparation of my new workshop, I read about the Golden Master technique in detail. Because this is an important method to deal with legacy code and is easy to explain, this article is an extract from my workshop.

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