Anna University, chennai will host Agile Chennai 2007 conference on Oct 5th & 6th (tentative). Naresh Jain is working through the details of the conference.
You can find more about this conference in http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/agileindia/message/919
This is targeted towards beginners. So, if you are interested in Agile, do plan to attend this conference.
When you read books, there are some lines that catch your attention. The following are the some of the lines that really inspired me.. These are the lines by people who are great developers and who have accomplished a lot in their career.
Bottom line, go, read books, learn skills, write programs, programs and programs to become a better developer. Nothing, but a disciplined and focused hard work can make you a better developer.
Book : Object Thinking by David West
“The destination is easy—to become a better software developer. Or maybe not so easy since “better” requires more than the addition of yet another skill or technique to one’s repertoire. Techniques, tools, skills, and facts are part of becoming better but are insufficient in themselves. Integration with existing skills, the transformation of facts into knowledge (even wisdom), and the ability to base one’s future actions on principles and ideas instead of rote procedures are all essential to becoming better.”
“The process of learning a culture—enculturation—is partly explicit but mostly implicit. The explicit part can be put into books and taught in seminars or classrooms. Most of culture is acquired by a process of absorption—by living and practicing the culture with those who already share it. ”
Read the entire preface of the book here
Book : Designing Object-Oriented Software by by Rebecca Wirfs-Brock , Brian Wilkerson , Lauren Wiener
“Like any other human endeavor, software design is an art: discipline, hard work, inspiration and sound technique all play their parts.”
Here are the list of books that I will be reading in Jul and Aug of -07
I know its bit too ambitious. But, I am going to take this up a monthly goal and review it at the end of Aug. One of my objective is to read almost all the books that are on my bookshelf. I buy books , read a couple of chapters and jump to another book. I am not going to do that this time.
I have been a little lazy over past couple of months. Should bring in more self motivation to my life. I am planning to use this blog as my Self Motivator. I share what I am planning to do and what I did.
That being said, Justice Gray blogged on “How I am becoming a better developer, part 1 of infinity -“ by posting his goals to the public. This blog entry is based on simple idea – have your goals written and share it with someone. Cool.
I was not tagged by anyone (read Justice Gray blog ) , but am greatly inspired by the above blog entry. I am trying to experiment myself by writing my goals and sharing with you. This, in a way is kind of self motivator. Here goes what I am planning to do for the rest of the year.
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