Apprenticeship Patterns: Guidance for the Aspiring Software Craftsman

Hi all,

Today I want share with you my notes after read the following book:
Apprenticeship Patterns: Guidance for the Aspiring Software Craftsman.

Preface

• Kent Back
• Tektronix Company
• Smalltalk programming language
• Agile Programming

Introduction

• Lady Isabel Burton
• Stickyminds.com
• Software Craftmanship
• Developer Chris Morris blog
• Pat Metheny guitar
• Dave blog - redsquirrel.com
• Laurent Bossavit
• Darragh Farrel
• Kraig Parkinson
• Pattern Languages of Programs - hillside.net/plop/1
• Język wzorców. Miasta, budynki, konstrukcja - Christopher Alexander book
• Edventions Company
• Risetime Technologies Company
• Object Mentor Company
• ThoughWorks Company
• XP France conference
• Martin Fowler
• Obtiva Company
• C2 Wiki
• Extreme Tuesday Club
• OmniGraffle diagrams
• Graphviz diagrams

Software Craftmanship Manifesto

Chapter 1: Introduction

• Perl programming language
• Basic programming language
• Apple IIe computer
• Java Applets
• Perl. Programming. book
• Extreme Programming - XP
• Agile Development
• Bob Martin
• Kent Beck
• Refactorisation to Project Patterns - Joshua Kerievsky book
• Programowanie zorientowane obiektowo book
• Jezyk wzorców. Miasta, budynki, konstrukcja - Christopher Alexander book
• Ruby programming language
• Ruby on Rails framework
• Carol Dweck - Growth Mindset
• Wewnetrzne poczucie umiejscowienia kontroli book
• Etienne Wenger - Expert in Earshot pattern (Paul and Elixir language)
• Software Craftmanship: The New Imperative - Pete McBreen book
• Wzorce projektowe. Elementy oprogramowania obiektowego wielokrotnego użytku. book
• Refaktoryzacja. Ulepszanie struktury istniejącego kodu - Martin Fowler book

Chapter 2: Empty the cup

Your first language

• Ruby - irb console
• Ruby on Rails Framework - script/console
• Erlang - erb
• Firefox - Firebug
• TDD - Test Driven Development
• Wzorce projektowe. Elementy oprogramowania obiektowego wielokrotnego użytku - Ralph Johnson book
• Effective Perl Programming book
• Java. Efektywne programowanie book
• C++. 50 efektywnych sposobów na udoskonalenie Twoich programów book
• The shape of your mind - Eric Merritt blog
• Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master - Dave Thomas, Andy Hunt book
• Muench method
• Schwartz transformation
• Duff mechanism

The White belt

• Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment - George Leonard book
• Psychology Abraham Maslow
• Ashleigh Montagu
• Michael Feathers developer
• Praca z zastanym kodem. Najlepsze techniki book
• Becoming a Technical Leader - Jerry Weinberg book

Release your enthusiasm

• Mądrość tłumu. Większość ma rację w ekonomii, biznesie i polityce - James Surowiecki book
• Collective Mind in Organizations - Karl Weick and Karlene Roberts book

Specific skills

• Hibernate framework
• Struts framework
• TODO: Review jour CV regularly to create list of your strong skills

Admit your ignorance

• My Apparenticeship at Object Mentor - Jake Scruggs book

Face your ignorance

• O stawaniu się osobą. Poglądy terapeuty na psychologię - Carl Rogers book

Deep water

• So you want to be a Software Consultant? - Christopher Hawkins book

Withdraw into competence

• Zen i sztuka obsługi motocykla - Robert Pirsig book

Charter 3: Walking along a long way

Long way

• http://perlmonks.org
• com.lang.perl.*
• Extreme Programming Installed - Ron Jeffries book
• Donald Knuth
• Linus Torvalds
• Moore Law

Craftsmanship over art

• Art and Computer Programming - Richard Stallman

Solid motivation

• The Psychology of Computer Programming - Jerry Weinberg book
• Hakerzy i malarze. Wielkie idee ery komputerów - Paul Graham book
• More Secrets of Consulting: The Consultant’s Tool Kit - Jerry Weinberg book

Cherish your passions

• Mityczny osobomiesiąc. Eseje o inżynierii oprogramowania - Frederick Brooks book
• Great Hackers presentation
• 0SCON - O’Reilly 0pen Source Convention
• Knowledge Hydrant pattern
• A Pattern Language for Study Groups - Joshua Kerievsky publication

Draw your own map

Use your title

Stay in the trenches

Another way

• Duży mały poradnik życia - H. Jackson Brown Jr. book
• The Peopleware Papers: Notes on the Human Side of Software - Larry Constantine book

Summary

Chapter 4: Proper self-esteem

Be the worst

Find mentors

Soul mates

• Extreme Programming Explained: Embrance Change book
• Refaktoryzacja. Ulepszanie struktury istniejącego kodu book
• Wzorce projektowe. Elementy oprogramowania obiektowego wielokrotnego użytku book
• Czynnik ludzki. Skuteczne przedsięwzięcia i wydajne zespoły book

Friendship

• Pair Programming
• TDD
• Ping-Pong Programming
• Etyka dobrej roboty - Richard Sennet book

Remember the floor

Chapter 5: Constant learning

• Nauka w czasach wojny - Brzemię chwały - C.S. Lewis book
• Developer Andy Hunt

Increase your bandwidth

• Agile Software Development Ecosystem - Jim Highsmith book
• Tim O’Reilly - Watching the “Alpha Geeks” OS X and the Next Big Think
• GoogleTechTalks
• Perl Programming Language
• http://perlmonks.org/
• Extreme Programming Explained: Embrance Change - Kent Beck book
• Ruby on Rails framework
• Obtiva company
• Obtiva Software Studio department

Practice Practice Practice

• Perełki oprogramowania book
• Więcej perełek oprogramowania book
• Wyznania programisty book
• Etudes for Programmers book

Toys to break

• Shortest Wiki Contest
• Simple game, blogging tool, IRC client in each new programming language
• Wiki system from scratch

Use the source

• Programmers at work - Bill Gates book
• Linus Torwalds blog
• Daniel J. Bernstein blog
• Task: review open source version control code, ex. git

Be reflective when working

• Project Retrospectives: A handbook for Teams Reviews - Norm Kerth book
• Personal Practices Map

Write down what you are learning

• Lepiej. Zapiski chirurga o efektywności medycyny - Atul Gawande book

Share what you learn

• The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life - Twyla Tharp bookm

Create loops of feedback

• Dave Winer - What is Stop Energy?

Learn how you fail

Summary

• The Five Orders of Ignorance - Philip Armour book

Chapter 6: construct your learning program

• Zen i sztuka obsługi motocykla - Robert Pirsig book
• Jerry Weinberg
• Fred Brooks
• Steve McConnell
• Kent Beck

Reading list

• A school Is a Lousy Place to Learn Anything In - Howard S. Becker
• http://bookshelves.org/
• 35 chapter from book: Kod doskonały. Jak tworzyć oprogramowanie pozbawione błędów book
• Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master - Dave Thomas, Andy Hunt book
• Book chain - Ravi Mohan
• Sequential Study from: Pattern Language for Study Groups - Joshua Kerievsky
• Refaktoryzacja. Ulepszanie struktury istniejącego kodu book
• Wzorce projektowe. Elementy oprogramowania obiektowego wielokrotnego użytku.
• TODO: Create file with reading list, put there currently reading list and update it regularly

Constantly read

• Kod doskonały. Jak tworzyć oprogramowanie pozbawione błędów. - Steve McConnell book
• Put books over blogs

Study the classics

• Joshua Kerievsky - Knowledge Hydrant: A Pattern Language for Study Groups
• The Psychology of Computer Programming book

Dig deeper

• Steven S. Sukienka - The Algorithm Design Manual
• Roy Fielding - REST thesis
• Steve Vinoski - RPC

Familiar tools

• Eric Hoffer - Reflections on the Human Condition

Chapter 7: Conclusions

• Etyka dobrej roboty - Richard Sennet book
• Kruger - Dunning effect

It is everything that I have for today.
Everyone is a blacksmith of own fate.
Mateusz.