Tomorrow is the Global Day of Code Retreat 2013, or as I like to call it, the programmers’ Christmas. Every year, I think of what I can improve in the code retreat to make it even better for the attendees. Last year, I decided to start by asking them what they would like to learn and then picked the sessions accordingly (and I started a blog post that’s in draft since last...
by Alexandru Bolboacă and Maria Diaconu Software development is a young domain and thus still trying to find its ways. The truth is that we only partially understand why existing practices work (or not) as they do. We believe that one of the core questions of software development has not yet been answered. The question is: What are we actually doing when developing software? In the following, we...
Here are some of the things we’ve learned about running a code retreat. We’ve facilitated about 10 code retreats, including one with Corey Haines.The smallest one was with two (yes, two) people and the largest with about 20. Here are some of the things we learned. Don’t try to convince people Many developers who took part in code retreats tried to talk to their colleagues or...