Presentation on tips and tricks I've learned over the years to develop applications fast. First presented at @frontendparty in New Orleans

1. Ship Code Fast

2. Ship Code Fast
(or, at least, on time)
Superfast development techniques

3. who this is for
● People who want to rapidly prototype ideas
● Teams prepping for a sprint
● Small companies that don't have the staff to
avoid ~50 hour sprint weeks/companies where
people have to wear multiple hats

4. personal stuff
getting answers:
● use IRC!!
● RTFM

5. offload things from your brain

6. personal stuff
take copious notes

7. personal stuff

8. personal stuff

9. ● -Edward Tufte (who wrote The Visual Display of
Quantitative Information)

10. personal stuff
rubber duck

11. personal stuff
[screenshot of slack chatroom]

12. information velocity
Information
time

13. team stuff
constant team chat room
communication and oversharing are key
if it's not written down, it doesn't exist

14. team stuff
always keep the end in sight

15. part 2
mock apis
&
leapfrogging devlopement

16. mock apis

19. typical dev workflow

20. front to back development

21. front to back development

22. front to back development

23. good planning
● Break down project into tiny steps (1 week
sprints)
● Identify blocking items and come up with
strategies to leapfrog over them
● Identify things you can punt on

24. the end
Lee Gillentine
@geetotes
leesome.com