Software Design: Tidy First?

One At A Time

But One What?

Apr 24 •

Kent Beck

Untangling Spaghetti: Debugging Non-Terminating Object Programs

Make an understandable mess, fix the bug, then make it easier to understand

Apr 22 •

Kent Beck

AI & Software Development 2

2 more missing topics

Apr 19 •

Kent Beck

AI & Software Development

Raw Thoughts

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Kent Beck

To Test or Not to Test? That’s a Good Question

First published August 2014. For context JUnit Max was a commercial product I produced that is still the best test runner I’ve ever used. It gave…

Apr 12 •

Kent Beck

Getting There From Here

Getting ramped up to write book 2 & I keep thinking of book 3 topics. I’ll record them with you so I have them some place & so you know a bit about what…

Apr 10 •

Kent Beck

TDD's Missing Skill: Behavioral Composition

I appreciate Mr. Zakharchenko’s extensive critique of TDD even as I have some reservations regarding his language. He tried TDD. He thought about it. He…

Mar 29 •

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Surprise Factory--Coupling: Why Software Costs So Damn Much

Thank you all for the feedback on the previous chapter. I think the result is much improved. This week we have the technical meat of the…

Mar 21 •

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Software Design: Tidy First?

Software design is an exercise in human relationships. So are all the other techniques we use to develop software. How can we geeks get better at technique as one way of getting better at relationships?

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