Coding Dojo

Coding Dojo @caike caikesouza.com

Lack of practice

( or literally: "form"): japanese word describing detailed choreographed patterns of movements practiced either solo or in pair http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kata

Dojo http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/el_ser_lomo/3267627038/

Dojo get together to work on a kata, have fun and engage in deliberate practice

Goal - practice - learn techniques - improve techniques - not necessarily solve the problem

Values - safe environment - new ideas are welcome - collaborative / non-competitive open to all skill levels

NO REAL WORLD PROBLEMS - context and pressure - memory requirements - performance requirements

RETROSPECTIVE

Kata Formats

Prepared Kata - One presenter - Program from scratch - TDD + BabySteps - must make sense to everyone - all are welcome to ask questions

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/dtsato/1061834029

Randori Kata - Coding pair (driver and copilot). - Everyone is invited to help. - Timebox to advance (5 - 7 minutes). - TDD + BabySteps. - Driver goes back to the audience, the copilot becomes driver and other from the audience steps up to be copilot.

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/dtsato/992058455

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/dtsato/1062695160/

ETTIQUETE If you know how to code, you should code If you’re coding, everyone else has to understand what you’re doing If you’re the next to code, avoid breaking the flow If you’re not coding, don’t disturb who is If you have an idea, show it with code If you’re stuck, ask for help http://isanchez.net/2009/11/06/coding-dojo-etiquette

JOIN US! http://groups.google.com/group/orlando-dojo http://orlandodojo.wordpress.com/ NEXT SESSION - NEXT THURSDAY (Dec 10) CoLabOrlando #orlando-php #orlando-dojo

Coding Dojo

by Caike Souza on Jan 10, 2010

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