April 27, 2009 6:30 PM - 14 attended
North Bay Agile April Meeting
Santa Rosa Central Library (map)
At the April meeting, Rob Myers will give a presentation titled The Value of Refactoring on an Agile Team. Here's a brief synopsis:
Refactoring is often viewed as a technique to clean up existing messy code. If that were always true, then Agile projects would require up-front design, because teams rarely get around to those ”big refactorings,“ and no Product Champion wants to prioritize a ”refactoring story.“ In truth, Agile processes require design to emerge. We talk about what it means to refactor clean, well-tested code. We also explore the business value of refactoring.
Please see the North Bay Agile website for more details.
Hope to see you there.
--Steve
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Steve Bockman
Yes, indeed. Pizza has been ordered and will be delivered at 6:30.
Posted April 27, 2009 at 2:57 PM
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Steve BockmanEvent HostNorth Bay Agile Co-Founder, OrganizerRob did a great job getting to the heart of the purpose of Refactoring. The presentation was engaging and enlightening.
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John RoushRob Myers was great. The handouts were a nice touch. Real-world examples of refactoring helped gain perspective.
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PeteRob Myers did a great job on Refactoring in the Agile process. It was very informative to me, as it reconciled some questions I've had regarding "my" version of agile software development, which began in the early 1970s. Rob brought out what I've often found in many of my consulting engagements: to the average developer, "refactoring" means essentially "fixing sloppy software". In the agile realm, however, it's purpose is more often to refine working code to eliminate any ambiguities that might have been introduced during the most recent iterations, as might happen when adding features.
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