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The Pragmatic Programmer Nilesh Sharma JRD Group

Who is a Pragmatic Programmer ? ● ● ● ● ● ●

Dictionary meaning: dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations. Early Adopter/ Fast Adapter: Love try new things, apply knowledge quickly. Inquisitive: Tends to ask questions ( What’s best way to do ?) Critical Thinker: Rarely takes things without getting facts. Don’t like sentences like (Because that’s the way it’s done). Realistic: Understand underlying nature of problem. Good feeling how difficult a thing is and how much time it’s gonna take. Jack of all trades: try hard to be familiar with broad range of techs and environments.

Tips for becoming a Pragmatic Programmer Tip-1: Care about your craft - Develop your software well with good software tools and best possible technology available. Tip-2: Think ! about your work - Turn off the autopilot, think every decision you are making everyday.

The Pragmatic Philosophy A way of approaching problems and their solutions in a unique way.

The cat ate my source code.

Take responsibility: Should not be afraid to admit ignorance or errors. It will happen on best of projects.

Tip-3: Provide options. Don’t make lame excuses ● ●

Use a rubber duck to explain your problem that why this can’t be done. Have a conversation your mind, what other person is likely to say.

Software Entropy Entropy: Amount of disorder in system. Law of thermodynamics: Entropy tends to increase in system. Similar thing happens in software system, in result software rot happens. How to stop it ? Using Broken Window Theory

Broken Window Theory

Tip-4: Don’t live with broken windows. Fix them ASAP.

The Stone Soup Story:

Tip-5: Be a catalyst of change.

How to boil a frog ?

Tip-6: Remember the Big Picture.

Conclusion: ● ● ● ● ● ●

Care about your craft. Think ! about your work. Provide options, Don’t make lame excuses. Don’t live with broken windows. Be a catalyst of change. Remember the big picture.

To become pragmatic programmer is a continuous process. So much more to learn. May be in another brown bag session :).

Thankyou :)