Productive Programmer - Using IDE effectively and various small practices to improve productivity
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The document outlines techniques for improving programmer productivity through effective use of integrated development environments (IDEs) and principles of acceleration, focus, automation, and canonicality. It emphasizes the importance of minimizing distractions, automating repetitive tasks, and maintaining core task focus, while providing hands-on demonstrations with tools like Eclipse and Selenium IDE. Additionally, it discusses the significance of avoiding duplication in knowledge representation and practices such as the 'Don't Repeat Yourself' (DRY) principle in software development.
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Productive Programmer - Using IDE effectively and various small practices to improve productivity
- 1. Productive Programmer Using IDE effectively & various small practices to improve productivity 24th Apr 2010 Bhavin Javia, Senior Consultant, ThoughtWorks Indore 2010
- 2. Agenda Productivity Programmer Productivity Principles of Productivity Using IDE effectively Other productivity techniques and practices Demos and Hands-on Exercises References Q & A
- 3. What is Productivity ? “ Amount of useful work done over time”
- 4. Programmer Productivity Why worry ?
- 5. We love our computers
- 6. They can do a lot more than we think !!!
- 7. But, we end up doing most of the hard work !!!
- 8. Programmers are expected to be highly productive especially with computers
- 9. Programmers Productivity and XP Iterative life cycle depends on rapid analysis, development, testing, deployment and feedback A process can be only as fast as it’s “slowest” step Programmer productivity is a “must have” in such a process
- 10. Principles of Productivity Acceleration Focus Automation Canonicality
- 11. Principles of Productivity Acceleration Focus Automation Canonicality
- 12. Concentrate on Essence, not Ceremony To use a computer You have to boot it Launch applications Provide input via keyboard and mouse Interpret results shown on the monitor Human <-> Computer != Human <-> Human Less human interaction = Faster execution Don’t feed the tool, use it Trivialize interactions – e.g. launching applications
- 13. Launching Applications – Find what you want
- 14. Fitt’s Law “ The time required to rapidly move to a target area is a function of the distance to and the size of the target ” T is the average time taken to complete the movement a is the start/stop time of the device (intercept) b is the inherent speed of the device (slope) D is the distance from the starting point to the center of the target W is the width of the target measured along the axis of motion
- 15. Fitt’s Law D W b a Cursor Target
- 16. Launching Applications – Tell what you want
- 17. Demo Quicksilver App Launcher (5 mins)
- 18. IDE – Integrated Development Environment
- 19. Acceleration with IDE Language support Shortcuts Code Templates Multiple clipboards Search Macros Plug-ins Regular Expressions
- 20. Demo Working with Eclipse (10 mins)
- 21. Activity Eclipse Shortcuts (15 mins)
- 22. Eclipse Shortcuts Find a pair and grab a computer Launch Eclipse Find out shortcuts for the following actions Open a Class/Type Open a File/Resource See currently open files Create a new Class/File Find references to the selected method in the project Extract a local variable Assign key bindings to actions if missing Test each other
- 23. Activity Eclipse Code Templates (15 mins)
- 24. Eclipse Code Templates Find a pair and grab a computer Launch Eclipse Find out where code templates are configured Use a few code templates to see how they work Create a custom code template to create – A class with a private variable a constructor which initializes this variable getter and setter for the private variable Create a class ‘Wallet’ with field ‘money’ using the template created above © ThoughtWorks 2008
- 25. Principles of Productivity Acceleration Focus Automation Canonicality © ThoughtWorks 2008
- 26. Focus Kill distractions Check emails less frequently - Reserve socialization for the coffee/lunch breaks - Turn off notifications - Define core working hours Search, don’t navigate Rooted views Sticky attributes Project shortcuts Virtual Desktops Use IDE plug-ins © ThoughtWorks 2008
- 27. Demo Virtual Desktops (5 mins) © ThoughtWorks 2008
- 28. Principles of Productivity Acceleration Focus Automation Canonicality
- 29. Why Automate ? Make the computer do repetitive tasks Avoid the infamous “human error” Mitigate risks Better ROI Maintain focus on core tasks
- 30. What to automate ? Automate builds and deployments Automate interaction with websites Use build tools for non build tasks Use shell scripts to extract information Use automation software
- 31. Demo Selenium IDE (10 mins)
- 32. Demo Automator (10 mins)
- 33. Principles of Productivity Acceleration Focus Automation Canonicality
- 34. What is Canonicality ? Canonical representation : “ The simplest form without loss of information” Canonicality : “ The practice of eliminating duplication”
- 35. The DRY Principle DON’T REPEAT YOURSELF (DRY) “ Every piece of knowledge must have a single, unambiguous, authoritative representation within a system” - The Pragmatic Programmer, Andrew Hunt and David Thomas
- 36. Applying DRY to Software Development Version Control everything Maintain single copy if not/can’t be versioned Use separate build machine Use Indirection (links) to sync and share configuration Virtualization Keep code and db in sync DRY Documentation Generate documentation from code Generate code from documentation Avoid multiple representations of the same information
- 38. Demo Migrations (10 mins)
- 39. References … and my personal experience working with agile teams
- 40. Q & A Contact: [email_address]