What does it mean?

Dojo means:
Place of learning the way

道
場

Chado Dojo

Dojo Kun

• Jin — courage, benevolence
• Gi — truth, integrity
• Rei — respect, courtesy
• Makoto — sincerity, honesty
• Yuki — courage

Kata?

Deliberate Practice

• Gladwell "10,000 hour rule"
  • practise to achieve expert performance
• But practice must be:
  • focussed
  • goal-directed
  • stretch your abilities
  • give continuous feedback
  • followed by self-reflection

Format

• Pair up (self-organise)
• We present the kata (problem to be solved)
• Focus for one pomodoro (25 mins)
• Stop, take 5 min break to:
  • Demo your code to anyone nearby
  • Get food or drink
• Reflect...

XP: eXtreme Programming

• Pair programming
• Test-Driven Development (TDD)
• Refactoring
• Simple Design

Test-Driven Development

TDD: Better

Refactoring

• Make sure all the tests pass
• Make a small change to the design of the code that improves it
• Make sure all the tests still pass

Simple Design

• Code passes all the tests
• Is clear, expressive and consistent
• Duplicates no behaviour or configuration
• Minimises the number of moving parts

First Pomodoro

• 25 minutes kata
• 5 minutes break

Hajime!

始め
Begin!

Yame!

辞め
Stop!

Stop!

• Stop typing!
• Now!
• 5 min break

Second Pomodoro

• 25 minutes kata
• 5 minutes break

Hajime!

始め
Begin!

Yame!

辞め
Stop!

Stop!

• Stop typing!
• Now!
• 5 min break

Third Pomodoro

• 25 minutes kata
• 5 minutes break

Hajime!

始め
Begin!

Yame!

辞め
Stop!

Stop!

• Stop typing!
• Now!
• 5 min break