Seeking Simplicity
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Hi everyone!
This time on a Wednesday we are honored Phil Nash would like to give one of his talks while visiting The Netherlands: Seeking Simplicity!
It's mostly an abstract, high-level/design-level talk, but we picked this specific talk hoping it is about a topic that is of interest to many. So please know that it's not as low-level as some other talks you may have seen from him :)
Huge thanks to Copernica as well for hosting the event!
ABSTRACT
What is simplicity and why do we value it so much? How does it relate to complexity? When is complexity good and when is it bad? How does simplicity differ from ease? As we examine these questions we'll find that the situation is not quite as simple (!) as it might first appear. In the course of the discussion we'll come up with a mental model for framing problems that we can apply to many things - but we'll particularly look at how we can apply it to our designs and code. We'll also look at how some programming languages help us more than others in our drive towards simplicity.
SPEAKER
Phil is a Developer Advocate for Swift, Objective-C and C++ tools at JetBrains. Prior to that he worked in as diverse fields as: finance, agile coaching and iOS development. A long time C++ developer he also has his feet in Swift, Objective-C and F# - as well as dabbling in other languages. He is the author of several open source projects - most notably Catch: a C++-native test framework - and had the first version of the strategy board game, Risk, in the iOS app store.
SCHEDULE
The date is: 14th of March, a Wednesday.
07:00 PM – Socializing with food and drinks
07:50 PM – Intro
08:00 PM – Seeking Simplicity pt 1
08:30 PM – Short break
08:45 PM – CLion demo
09:00 PM - Seeking Simplicity pt 2
09:30 PM – Socializing
10.00 PM – The end
LOCATION
Thanks Copernica, for hosting! It's only a few minutes walking from Amsterdam CS. The address is: De Ruijterkade 112, Amsterdam. Google maps link: https://goo.gl/maps/6HJnS.
Seeking Simplicity