PHP London March 2023

We are very excited to be hosting our March event of PHP London meetup in 2023.

NOTE: the meetup is on Thursday, the 9th March

Venue: LendInvest, Two Fitzroy Place, 8 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JJ

Note: You must be registered to attend the event on Meetup in order to gain entry.

Agenda:
18:30-7:15 - Informal drinks and chat
7:15-7:20 - Welcome & group announcements
7:20-8:10 - Talk: Pairing, Sharing, Caring - One team's journey to Pair Programming

Speaker: Mark Bradley

London based Mark Bradley works as a Senior Consulting Engineer for Armakuni, helping companies adopt Cloud Native technologies, practises and principles. Working in the industry for over 10 years, Mark has developed a passion and a wealth of knowledge in how to support software teams to be elite functions. He honed these skills during previous roles mentoring peers and leading apprentice programmes, alongside his day job. A keen protagonist of Test Driven Development, he launched his own screen cast, ‘Testing All the Things’ ([https://youtube.com/c/TestingAllTheThings…](https://t.co/Js8CDts4pe)) in May 2019, to help the wider community learn how to practice Test Driven Development and Automated Testing. Mark is a keen cyclist, who enjoys quiet evenings in the pub playing board games and spending time with his wife and three children.

Talk: Pairing, Sharing, Caring - One team's journey to Pair Programming

You probably already know that talking out loud can help you solve a problem (even if you don’t want to admit it). People have even coined the term rubber ducking to help normalise it!

What would happen if the rubber duck talked back?

The ability to constantly discuss your code and what you are going to do next is just one of the many benefits of Pair Programming.

This talk will explore one team’s journey from Single Disciplinary Soloing to Cross Functional Pair Programming. Looking at how to start, styles of pairing and tips and tricks that make pairing easier.

Sponsors
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Explore Group (https://www.explore-group.com) - The Explore Group has been helping companies recruit top talent in the ever-evolving world of technology since 2005. We've adapted alongside the changing IT market to become increasingly specialist enabling us to support our customers on their journey through the new digital economy.

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Want to speak at PHP London? We are always looking for speakers for our monthly meetups. If you would like to give a talk this year please fill out the form at the link below. http://docs.google.com/a/phplondon.org/forms/d/1_RYzeZZwOKYXP4dpeNXytyGNQgVDL_XDmy25hxpPdDc

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