codeHarbour May 2025

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Schedule for the night::
7:00 - 7:30 - Drinks and mingling*
7:30 - 8:00 - Database Design Should Be Agile Pt 1 by Ron Ballard
8:00 - 8:15 - Intermission
8:15 - 8:45 - Database Design Should Be Agile Pt 2 by Ron Ballard
8:45 - 10:00 - Discussion and socialising

*Can attendees please avoid arriving before 7pm as myself and the speakers need time to set up beforehand. If you do you will be forced to help set up!

The Talk::
Database Design Should Be Agile by Ron Ballard
Traditional database design is carried out as a theoretical exercise before any application development takes places. This talk describes a better approach: incremental database design, embedded in the development team and combining strong design principles with the embrace of frequent change, which we manage with version control and automated testing at every release.