Architectural Kata @Trainline

“How do we get great designers? Great designers design, of course.” Fred Brooks
“So how are we supposed to get great architects if they only get the chance to architect fewer than a half-dozen times in their career?” ” Ted Neward

If you are wondering how to get better at system design, this kata focused on architectural design that we are organizing with the help of our good friends at Barcelona JUG is definitely for you 💥

So, what is an architectural kata? In a nutshell, Architectural Katas are exercises designed to maximize the architectural effort, minimize unnecessary overhead, and complete all the critical elements that an architectural exercise should include: a customer, project constraints, changing requirements, peers, and a review process.

No prior experience as an architect is required. Having no experience might be more beneficial—you’ll have no pre-existing ideas about how it “should” be done.

Check our calendar for the following months: https://bit.ly/scbcn-coding-dojos-calendar

We’ll communicate preferably in 🇬🇧, and we can accommodate 🇪🇸 as well.

📅 Agenda

• 18:00-18:15. Welcome and Trainline presentation.
• 18:15-18:45. Architectural Kata introduction.
• 18:45-20:30. After exploring architectural attributes in the introduction, our facilitators will propose a scenario (RFP) for attendees to work in small groups (3-5) to offer a solution for peer review.
• 20:30-21:00. Wrap-up and networking.

🙇‍♀️ Facilitators

• Alejandro Martínez - Senior Software Engineer at Fineos.
• Anyul Rivas - Principal Software Engineer at Ingram Micro.
• Hussein Kassem - Software Engineer at Trainline.
• John Pappin - Principal Engineer at Trainline.

🏢 Location
🆕 Trainline Office: Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes 613, 08007 Barcelona

If you have trouble getting in, please get in touch with us through the meetup.

We want to thank our sponsor, Trainline 🙌, for facilitating the space and 🍲 🍕 🍴🥤🧃

See you there!