SW Development - Nobody tells you what the cool kids already know!
This time we will gather in order to discuss different facets of software development, like: architecture, development principles and practices.
These topics will be introduced and discussed in an open panel environment where various experts will share their experiences, opinions and honest answers.
Aside from the questions by the moderator, the panel will answer the questions from the audience, thus creating a unique opportunity to learn from the experts’ experiences.
Part I:
Open Panel Discussion - Experts sharing their experiences on SW development in Practice
Part II:
Short Code Kata - if the time permits we will focus on a simple code Kata based on the Jeff Bay's essay titled "Object Calisthenics".
The panel participants:
Ran Tavori
Ran Tavory for dummies: a father, husband and software geek.
Loves frontends but has no sense of aesthetics; Loves backends but not crons.
A full stack developer with interests ranging from web interfaces, iOS, nosql, web infrastructure and scaling, deployment automation, programming languages, open source enthusiast (a
of several projects). A blogger, a
podcaster and a software craftsman.
Developer and cofounder at
invi.com
Lior Schejter
Though Lior has worked for start-ups and medium companies, the majority of his professional life he spent at SAP.
As leading software architect on SAP's River project - an on-demand application development and hosting platform, Lior has interesting insights and vast experience on software architecture and development.
Lior has graduated with honors from the Technion and he's currently studying towards his M.Sc. in CS, specializing in parallel and distributed graph mining.
You can read more about Lior here:
http://claimid.com/slior
Elad Sofer
Eladis first and foremost a SW engineer; Several years ago he was infected with the agile virus and has not been able to “shake the disease” ever since. He is now traveling across the IT industry with a mission to infect other people.He is now helping software projects, teams and organizations, varying from small to big, from lightweight startups to government Offices in Israel.
Elad is the owner of a popular blog in Hebrew about Developing s/w in an Agile world.
You can read more about him and what he thinks in his blog:
http://blog.thescrumster.com/
Schedule:
17:45 - 18:15 - Gathering / Mingling
18:15 - 18:25 - About the Israeli SC group / Short Introduction to the Open Panel Discussion
18:30 - 20:00 - All About Software Development - Open Panel Discussion
20:00 – 20:15 - Break
20:15 – 21:15 - Code Kata + Wrap-up
Please bring your laptops (with the environments set-up) to the meeting.