Until I can obtain a job, I will be working by myself most the time. This will inevitably impact my learning because working with others allows shared knowledge and experience for the parties to teach each other. The “Rubbing Elbows” pattern from Dave Hoover’s and Adewale Oshineye’s Apprenticeship Patterns: Guidance for the Aspiring Software CraftsmanContinue reading “Rubbing Elbows”
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Sweep the Floor
I will hopefully be starting my software development career soon, and with that I will be joining a new team. Dave Hoover’s and Adewale Oshineye’s Apprenticeship Patterns: Guidance for the Aspiring Software Craftsman’s pattern “Sweep the Floor” suggests “volunteer[ing] for simple, unglamorous, yet necessary, tasks” to contribute to the team. I will be one ofContinue reading “Sweep the Floor”
Retrospective 3
It’s time for this project’s last sprint retrospective. At the end of the last sprint, I had started implementing our needed endpoints for our API and had rough versions working. So, my first focus for this sprint was getting the API working [link]. Our definition of done requires testing for an issue to be consideredContinue reading “Retrospective 3”
Concrete Skills
I have no professional developer experience yet, and that can make starting a career difficult. To make up for the lack of experience, I will need to procure and maintain some concrete skills. Concrete skills demonstrate the ability to utilize knowledge. The apprentice pattern “Concrete Skills” from Apprenticeship Patterns: Guidance for the Aspiring Software Craftsman,Continue reading “Concrete Skills”
Share What You Learn
My work over the semester has required me to explain what I have learned to my teammates. My explanatory skills are not great, but I have been able to make do with the help of live examples. Chances are likely that I will need to do this continuously throughout the future. Since this is anContinue reading “Share What You Learn”
Dig Deeper
With the final sprint of the semester underway, I have had to learn several new technologies for our LFP microservice over the semester. This has led me to obtain only the necessary knowledge to move forward in the project. Apprenticeship Patterns: Guidance for the Aspiring Software Craftsman,by Dave Hoover and Adewale Oshineye, has a patternContinue reading “Dig Deeper”
Sprint 2: Retrospective
It’s time for another sprint retrospective. Last sprint, our team focused on researching needed technologies and structure of our micro-service. This sprint, our team focused on implementation. We started with deciding coding standards and preparing for the visit with pantry staff. We decided to follow the principles of the first five chapters of Clean Code:Continue reading “Sprint 2: Retrospective”
Kindred Spirits
The pattern “Kindred Spirits” in Apprenticeship Patterns: Guidance for the Aspiring Software Craftsman, by Dave Hoover and Adewale Oshineye, addresses the need for social connections to other software developers. Fostering relationships with kindred spirits will create an environment that promotes curiosity and avoids stagnation. Groups share knowledge which allows members to learn from each other.Continue reading “Kindred Spirits”
“Use the Source”
“Use the Source” is a pattern from Apprenticeship Patterns: Guidance for the Aspiring Software Craftsman by Dave Hoover and Adewale Oshineye. This pattern focuses on the need for reading code written by other developers. Some good sources of code to examine are open source projects. By examining source code, a programmer can see what theirContinue reading ““Use the Source””
Sprint Retrospective 1
Completed tasks Set Up Repository for UI Setting up a gitlab repository for our UI. Set Up Repository for services Setting up a gitlab repository for our services. Determine endpoints needed from the Registered team Discuss endpoints with Registered team and determine which ones we will need. Edit README.md file as required We had someContinue reading “Sprint Retrospective 1”
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