If you have never entered a coding JAM before this is the one for you. The yearly roguelike development JAM is on and it’s a great opportunity to code a really cool little roguelike game
Dates are 3rd – 13th March (just pick a 7 day window in that period that works for you)
OK so I’ve had some awesome questions from Software Engineers about the importance of SOLID principles and the one that is most common is how can I find out about and learn SOLID principles? There’s a lot of great articles and really good videos on the subject but I still think the single best starting point is a most awesome podcast from Scott Hanselman where he interviews SOLIDs author Bob Martin. It’s a great detailed explanation of how SOLID works and I think you’ll find that the practical aspects are really useful in trying to implement SOLID on a day to day basis.
https://hanselminutes.com/145/solid-principles-with-uncle-bob-robert-c-martin
I came across this excellent article recently and while the target audience is Software Architects, in my view this is a great book list for anyone who is looking to grow their software engineering skills in general. I often talk to software engineers about reading books as part of their professional development plan (I’ll over this is in a post soon).
What I really like about this list is that it is actually planned with an approach of building on previous books. So you don’t have to follow this exact list, but what you might think about is the importance/value of having a planned set of books/references to build upon rather than just have a random set of books to read.“
I particularly like the approach of introducing the DDD books later in the path.The foundational aspects of the initial books sets up DDD really well.
https://haitham-raik.medium.com/books-for-great-software-architect-34c81fc70e12
I have been talking to a bunch of software engineers over the last few weeks about the importance of meetups and why software engineers should engage in these. Here are my top 3 reasons:
1.Network
2.Network
3.Network
Seriously, the one massive aspect of meetups is the ability to develop and grow your network. Of course there are opportunities to present (and grow these skills) and share and collaborate in all sorts of ways. But what stands out is your ability to connect and grow relationships with a community and for me I have been able to both connect, re-connect and grow a number relationships via Meetups and it has definitely made a difference in the last ten years of my career in software engineering. Through my network I have established a significant group of people who help me in all sorts of ways (I think I’ll do a specific blog on this soon) and have allowed me to grow throughout my career.
There are all types of meetups/user groups/clubs that exist and it’s pretty easy to find one that is related to software engineering, so take the opportunity to check one of these cool organisations out and you might find like me you are able to grow your professional network.
And while I am on subject – here is a plug to an awesome meetup in the city I live : https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/Junior-Developers-Canberra/
If you are a junior dev in or around the Canberra area would highly recommend joining.
Ok so this is slightly late but a heads up that the AWS community days are on now:
Really nice article about working from home and some tips for developers to stay motivated : https://www.raywenderlich.com/9573880-staying-motivated-as-a-work-from-home-developer
So you can probably tell I have had a fairly long hiatus. I am sure most of you probably have already seen this but if not I was pretty excited to see Hanselman has an extensive set of youtube videos https://www.youtube.com/shanselman
Hello world – it’s been a very busy 6 months and the lack of blogging was just because I struggled to find time outside various activities. Anyway back with a few new ideas and some articles specifically targeted at beginning coders. Stay tuned …
Really quite a neat series starting in Object Oriented Programming (OOP) in C# for those starting out …
https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/improve-your-model-classes-with-oop-part-one-the-basics/
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