18:30-19:00 Starters - Networking And Lightning Talks: Introductions to Timeboxing and Pomodoro 19:00-21:00 Main Course Functional Programming & Scala or Agile Time 21:00 onwards Drinks@Pub For November 2011, Agile Yorkshire presents concurrent technical and conceptual streams. Before this choice of main course from 19:00, choose a starter from classic networking or introductory talks. Please come along, sample and tell us what you think of this tasty experiment! As always, thanks to Old Broadcasting House[1], Leeds for letting us use their great space. The Menu ----------- Lightning Talks (Robert Burrell Donkin[2]) Introduction to Timeboxing[3]: a key Agile technique, from the ground up Introduction to The Pomodoro Technique[4]: a deceptively simple (and Agile) way of improving personal focus and concentration (built on timeboxing) Main Course ------------- Technical Stream: Functional Programming & Scala (Aaron Pritzlaff) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- There has been a noticeable shift recently towards functional programming. But what is functional programming, and what does it mean for us? Is it a code style, paradigm shift, or just a popular buzz-word? Aaron Pritzlaff has been writing object-oriented code since the mid 90s in C++, Java and .NET. He’s taken an interest in the rise of alternative JVM languages these past few years, Scala in particular. Though he’s no expert, he has written several projects in Scala, and is now a keen advocate of it as the next big language. At November’s Agile Yorkshire meet-up, Aaron will give a brief introduction into functional programming: what it is, why it is a viable alternative to object-oriented and imperative programming, and how it can be used to write simpler, decoupled and more testable software. Following this there will be a brief introduction to the Scala programming language, and why it is in fact the bees knees. Conceptual Stream: Agile Time (moderated by Robert Burrell Donkin) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bring along and share your questions and opinions for a Park Bench Panel[5] on the topic of time. Conversation on the bench wanders wonderfully but we'll start where the lightning talks finished. The Pomodoro Technique is a deceptively simple - but subtle - way of improving personal focus and concentration. Pomodoro shares much with Agile: timeboxing, iterative improvement and empiricism but is backed by psychological and biology mind science. What can Agile developers learn from Pomodoro? [1] http://www.oldbroadcastinghouse.com/ [2] http://robertburrelldonkin.name [3] http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2004/10/timeboxing/ [4] http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/ |
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8th November, Timeboxing & Pomodoro, Functional Programming & Scalaposted 5 Nov 2011 18:08 by Neil McLaughlin [ updated 5 Nov 2011 18:09 ] |