We are happy to welcome our newest Elegant Code contributor, Jan Van Ryswyck. If that name sounds familiar, it is because Jan is the winner of our recent Elegant Code essay contest. Jan lives in Belgium and is our first international contributor! Although we are happy to welcome him, we are fairly sure he won’t […]
Read MoreWell, here is my first post. I hope I can fit in with this group of excellent thinkers. I was sitting on my couch thinking of a topic to write about. Not having much luck, I picked up my PSP and stated playing Patapon, a new rhythm fighting game. It is quite addictive and keeps […]
Read MoreHere is a simplified example of how the functional programming style of Linq has impacted the way I would do a DDD service implementation.
Read MoreThis question keeps popping up around here (“around here” being the loose conglomeration that makes up the Elegant Code group). It isn’t easy to describe. And really, the notion of what constitutes elegance in code changes over time. There is no static “this is good code” test, and I doubt there ever will be. Plus, […]
Read MoreDinner at my house with the new Flip Video camera rolling.
Read MoreIn this Code Cast, we meet Darrel Carver, a 30 year veteran of the software industry, an accomplished software architect, and an Elegant Coder. Darrel gives us a little historical perspective on our craft as we explore things like minimalism, the role of the architect, and Model Driven Architectures. This is a great talk. Download […]
Read MoreOur unanimous winner is Jan Van Ryswyck of Belgium. Jan can look forward to his copy of Beautiful Code in the mail in the next few weeks as it will be going book rate 🙂 Sorry, man. Low budget over here. Elegant Code by Jan Van Ryswyck What is elegant code? It might depend on […]
Read MoreBecause of the decentralized control model of Agile software development methodologies, there is a living debate on the role of a Product Owner, particularly in Scrum which defines the term. Here are links to sufficiently ambiguous definitions from some trusted sources, all saying effectively the same thing. http://www.scrumalliance.org/articles/39-glossary-of-scrum-terms#1122 http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/product_owner More informative is this course description […]
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