writing code that lasts - jab14
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Writing code that lasts.
Rafael Dohms@rdohms
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Writing code you won’t hate tomorrow.
Rafael Dohms@rdohms
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Let me introduce you to someone…
No Tests.
Wrote his own framework.
500 line methods.
Used Singletons!
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REWRITEALL THE CODE!
Real Developers, SHIP STUFF.
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How do we find balance?
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Code has an expiration date
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Code is perishable, it rots.
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Code Evolves
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Languages evolve.photo by: raneko
You evolve.
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Complexity kills Comprehension
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Bad Design
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Bad specs
NIH
source: Urban dictionary
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NIH| nɒt ɪnˈventɪd hɪə |
Not Invented Here —The German art of humiliating any technology, agricultural product, or (medical) scientific work that has not been
invented or produced in Germany, Switzerland, or Austria.source: Urban dictionary
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The Solution™photo: Ian Sane
Improve code
Improve codemake it easier to comprehend
Improve codemake it easier to comprehend
make it flexible
Improve codemake it easier to comprehend
make it flexible
make it tested
Improve codemake it easier to comprehend
make it flexible
make it tested
make it easier to replace, refactor
Improve codemake it easier to comprehend
make it flexible
make it tested
make it easier to replace, refactor
make it not exist
Good Design Concepts
SOLIDSingle ResponsibilityOpen/closeLiskov substitutionInterface segregationDependency inversion
STUPIDSingletonTight CouplingUntestabilityPremature OptimizationIndescriptive NamingDuplication
Composer
PIEProudly
InventedElsewhere
guzzle/guzzleHTTP client for RESTful API clients
morrisonlevi/ardentA library of collections for PHP
Readability
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paragraphs
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whitespace
R&D Team for MIH/Naspers
São PauloCape Town
Object Calisthenics
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Calisthenics/ˌkaləsˈTHeniks/
Calisthenics are a form of dynamic exercise consisting of a variety of simple, often rhythmical, movements, generally using minimal
equipment or apparatus.
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Its about perception, not rules or standards
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Sunday12:00
Voyager Room
#1 Only one indentation level per method.
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#2 Do not use else
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#3 Wrap primitive types, if they contain behavior
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#4 Only one -> per line
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#5 Do not abbreviate.
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#6 Keep your classes small.
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#7 Limit your instance variables to less then 5
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#8 Use first class collections
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#9 Use getters and setters.
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#10 Document your code.
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Your turn.
Improve yourself!
Read lots of code!
Write simple code.
Try Object Calisthenics for a month.
Use someone else’s code.
Share bite size libraries.
http://l.doh.ms/oc-links
Video recording
Slides
Books
Resources on Object Calisthenics