Adapting to Israel
by Joseph Yoder on November 26, 2012 · 0 comments
I recently returned from a trip to Israel. It was my first time in Israel, and the trip was a success. I was there teaching TDD to a client in Haifa. I also managed to take some time to visit some of the sights of Haifa and see a little of Tel Aviv. I even managed to get out of the country right as the recent aggressions began.
The purpose of my trip was to provide training for my client in Pragmatic Test Driven Development. While there, I managed to meet with some good friends like Atzmon Hen-Tov, David H. Lorenz and Lior Schachter to discuss an open-source implemenatation of an AOM framework called Ink, which is itself an evolution of ModelTalk.
It was good to see my colleages again and to visit Israel, and even better to get out just in time. Still, I look forward to being able to go back again. I hope to see more of the country next time and to participate in future collaborations with my colleagues.
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No Rest for the Agile
by Joseph Yoder on November 8, 2012 · 0 comments
I just got back from Kraków, Poland last week where I attended JDD 2012. While at the Java developers conference, I presented a talk called “When Should You Consider Meta-Architectures? Using Meta to Scale the Cloud.” I also spoke on the subject, “Pragmatic, Not Dogmatic TDD: Rethinking How We Test” with Rebecca Wirfs-Brock.
I’ve just barely recovered from JDD and now I’m heading to Haifa, Israel. This is my first time in Israel so I’m excited about being there. While there, I’ll be presenting a course on the subject of Test-Driven Development for a client of mine who maintains offices there. I’ve never been to Israel, so I’m excited take in some of the sites in Haifa and possibly Tel Aviv. If you’ll be in the area and would like to get together, get ahold of me.
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From Dallas to Penang: A month in the life of an agilist.
August 23, 2012Just last Saturday, I returned from Dallas, Texas. Today, I leave for Penang, Malaysia! I was in Dallas attending Agile2012. While at the conference, I hosted a workshop with Rebecca Wirfs-Brock on the subject of Testing System Qualities. During the workshop, we showed how to write Quality Scenarios that emphasize architecture capabilities such as usability, security, performance, [...]
Symposium in Panama
July 26, 2012I am currently in Panama City Panama for the first International Symposium on Software Architecture and Patterns. It is being held in conjunction with the tenth Latin American and Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology. I was on the Planning Committee for the convention this year and I have been asked to give a keynote [...]
Heading back to Porto for Agile PT 2012 :-)
June 15, 2012I’m excited to be travelling once again to the beautiful city of Porto, Portugal where I’ve been asked to give a Keynote at Agile Portugal on June 23rd, 2012. The topic of my keynote will be Pragmatic, Not Dogmatic TDD: Rethinking How We Test. This talk will discuss why I believe that a more pragmatic, [...]
What is Pragmatic TDD?
January 11, 2012by Joseph Yoder & Rebecca Wirfs-Brock What do we mean by Pragmatic TDD? Pragmatic Test Driven Development (TDD) is a practical approach to testing that focuses on the bigger picture of how testing best fits into and enhances your team’s software development practices. Rather than insisting that developers only write a lot of unit tests, [...]
Sign Up for Pragmatic TDD Public Course!
September 7, 2011Joseph Yoder and Rebecca Wirfs-Brock will teach a Pragmatic TDD public course in Tigard, Oregon. Course Info: Courtyard Marriott – Tigard 15686 SW Sequoia Parkway Tigard, OR 97224 First quarter of 2012 Test-driven development (TDD) means writing unit tests along with production code. It leads to modular, flexible and extensible code. Many aspire to follow [...]
Agile and Test Driven Design Training in South Korea
July 14, 2011As I finish this last day in South Korea, I’m reminded of the entire trip. It started a few months ago, with talks held in the balmy Florida heat. Today they’re fnished and I’m grateful to have been a part of such an exciting trip that took me literally halfway across the world to teach [...]
MetaPLoP is Underway!
June 24, 2011I’m in Douro Valley, Portugal for the MetaPLoP conference. I’m excited to see the results of this weekend’s efforts. The conference will be mining patterns for the best of the lot. We’ll be talking, discussing, and reviewing patterns related to Meta-Architectures, Adaptive Object Models, and Reflective Systems. The best patterns should stand out from the [...]
Agile Portugal Tutorial and Talk
June 21, 2011I’m currently at Agile Portugal. The conference will be over soon and then it’ll be time for MetaPLoP in Douro Valley. I was excited today to give my “Rulemakers and Toolmakers: Adaptive Object Models as Agile Division of Labor” tutorial. Rebecca Wirfs-Brock and I have worked hard to refine and enliven this tutorial. You can [...]
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