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!

shhh.. don’t tell Grumpy.

.. and used it.

.. and every other anti-pattern out there.

… not even methods, they were functions

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REWRITEALL THE CODE!

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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

Testing

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Good Design Concepts

SOLID

Single ResponsibilityOpen and Close

Liskov substitutionInterface SegregationDependency Inversion

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STUPIDSingleton

Tight CouplingUntestability

Premature OptimizationIndescriptive Naming

Duplication

Design Patterns

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Composer

PIEProudly

InventedElsewhere

guzzlehttp/guzzleHTTP client for RESTful API clients

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league/tacticianA flexible CommandBus implementation

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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#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.

Thank you.

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