GeorgeDinwiddie, of iDIA Computing, LLC (
http://www.idiacomputing.com), is a software development consultant and coach, currently working at Wells Fargo Corporate Trust in Columbia, Maryland. I'm also a sailor and the maintainer of the Alberg 30 website,
http://www.alberg30.org/ (The Alberg 30 is a particular type of sailboat).
I've added an instance of
MoinMoin to that site. See
http://www.alberg30.org/collaborate/ .
I've started a blog/wiki at
http://idiacomputing.com/moin/ where I can add thoughts as they come to me.
I'm interested in
ExtremeProgramming. Anyone else in the Baltimore/Annapolis/Columbia Maryland area? See
AgileMaryland to find the rest of us.
WashingtonDcAreaXpUsersGroup is another nearby alternative.
I liked the way
RobertCecilMartin inserted little bits of
ExtremeProgramming into his Advanced Object Oriented Design sessions at SD2000. It's clear to me that you can start practicing some of these good techniques without selling management on the entire
ExtremeProgramming concept. BTW, Robert, every session I attended at SD2000 was good, but yours was particularly excellent. Thanks!
I'm also very impressed with
KentBeck's definition of
SimpleDesign, presented on
XpSimplicityRules
StartingPoints
I often start out with the
RecentChanges (or, now
http://c2.com/cgi/RecentChanges?days=1) page. Maybe I should also keep an eye on the
EjbRoadmap. I've used both handbuild
MockObjects and
EasyMock, but as time progresses, I find I use them less and less. Mostly I use mocks at the system boundaries.
I've started a page of
SoftwareDevelopmentGuidelines to pull together those rules that aren't formal principles, but are good heuristics that will save your butt more often than not.
I frequently have to remember how to re-energize my
UserName and the details of
SimulatingQuoteBlocks. Sometimes I can't remember that
http://c2.com/wiki/history/ is the recent wiki history.
WikiWikiWebNews provides commentary on current events.
Sometimes I help with the cleanup, deleting older entries in
http://c2.com/cgi/shorts.cgi or useless
http://c2.com/cgi/orphanWikiPages.
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