Agile Development for Developers

The Agile Development for Developers course is aimed at Java and C# Developers, who want to learn what Agile means for them. It introduces a number of common agile techniques and puts these into practice in labs and exercises in pairs and groups, before applying these over a series of mini-iterations. The workshop balances taught material with practice, introducing requirement techniques, lightweight modelling techniques, tracking and estimating approaches, design principles, testing practices and refactorings.

If you are a Java or C# developer and would like to learn how to apply useful and effective agile techniques to your day to day life, this Agile Development for Developers workshop is for you!

• Describe representative agile development processes and common practices
• Slice up requirements in terms of goals and estimate and plan against them
• Learn modelling techniques and design thinking appropriate for responsive development
• Describe how to carry out Test-Driven Development effectively
• Put concepts into practice

Kevlin Henney's three day Agile Development for Developers course looks at the Agile principles, practices and processes that offer a path to sustainable development for individuals, teams and organisations. For many Developers who want to focus on their craft, it is sometimes difficult to get a view of Agile development that is neither focused on a project management perspective nor just on the practice of Test-Driven Development (TDD).

For the Java or C# developer, an overview of the larger Agile process landscape needs to be complemented with the practical side of software craftsmanship. This ranges from understanding how Scrum can be fine tuned with Lean thinking, to exploring Extreme Programming practices such as TDD and pairing.