Interesting! A question: did you abandon TDD? why? IMO, TDD is a workflow that pushes for simplicity
On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 9:22 AM, Colin Yates <colin.ya...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is there going to be online access during/after the event? I would > greatly value seeing this, but probably not enough to travel from the UK to > Chicago :). > > > On Tuesday, 4 February 2014 12:06:06 UTC, Jay Fields wrote: >> >> tl; dr: I'm presenting "Lessons Learned from Adopting Clojure" in >> Chicago on Feb 11th: >> http://www.eventbrite.com/e/goto-night-with-jay-fields- >> tickets-10366768283?aff=eorgf >> >> Five years ago DRW Trading was primarily a Java shop, and I was >> primarily developing in Ruby. Needless to say, it wasn't a match made >> in heaven. Fast forward five years, Clojure is the second most used >> language in the firm, and the primary language for several teams >> (including mine). Clojure wasn't the first language that I've >> introduced to an organization; however, it's unquestionably the most >> successful adoption I've ever been a part of. The use of Clojure has >> had many impacts on the firm: culturally, politically, and >> technically. My talk will discuss general ideas around language >> selection and maintenance trade-offs, and specific examples of what >> aspects of Clojure made it the correct choice for us. >> >> A few highlights >> >> - Where to first introduce a new language and your role as the >> language care-taker. >> - REPL driven development, putting TDD's 'rapid feedback' to shame. >> - Operations impact of adding a language - i.e. get ready for some >> DevOps. >> - Functional programming, the Lisp Advantage, and their impact on >> maintainability. >> >> Of course, no good experience report is all roses. The adoption has >> seen several hurdles along the way, and I'll happily to describe those >> as well. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
