Thursday, July 8th
Does Your Code Tell a Story?
As Told By Alan Stevens
Software developers are writers. Our medium is text. What can we learn about writing code by studying the principles of good story writing?
Frequently in software development, we solve a problem, check in the code and release it. Unfortunately, this means we have released a first draft of the solution.
One of the main lessons of wrtiting workshops and classes is to write in small chunks and revise ruthlessly. By releasing our first drafts, we increase the maintenance cast of our application because it is harder to understand the initial intent of the solution.
In this session, we will explore concepts from writing such as small assignments, bad first drafts, and telling the truth as they apply to the craft of software development.
About Alan Stevens
Alan Stevens is a father, geek, vegan and software artisan living in Knoxville, TN. Alan regularly speaks at software development conferences and user group meetings. Alan is an Open Space Technology facilitator. Alan is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in C#. Alan is a member of ASP Insiders. When Alan is not hanging out with his family, posting on Twitter, singing or playing his acoustic guitar, he occasionally updates his blog at http://netcave.org.
Meeting location
Nine Parkwood Crossing
900 EAST 96TH STREET
Indianapolis, IN 46240
5th Floor Conference Room
This Duke Realty office building is just east of College Avenue, and on the north side of 96th Street. It is one mile from the I465 & North Meridian Street/US 31 interchange.
Registration opens at 5:30
Snacks and soft drinks until 6:00
All are welcome, and there is no fee to attend thanks to the generosity of our sponsors.
Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
SIGs meet after the prize drawing following the main meeting.
ASP.NET SIG (Trey Gourley, SIG Leader)
The group is in the midst of a multi-month development of an open source project: KBMVC (Knowledgebase written in MVC). The project is posted at CodePlex.com. Join in the development, or attend to learn about MVC.
C# SIG (James Ellis, SIG Leader)
SharePoint Developers SIG (James Curtis, SIG Leader):