Evolutionary Design

Evolve your code in a natural way and satisfy the business needs with an iterative and incremental approach

This workshop is aimed to improve the knowledge of experienced programmers on how to evolve a software system. It is a practical workshop, with hands-on coding exercises and discussions around design options.

Evolutionary Design is the practice of growing a system in a natural way, by adding the minimum amount of code to satisfy the business needs in an iterative and incremental approach. When done right, the code structure changes continuously to optimize for change, thus allowing a constant speed of development for longer periods of time.

Why Attend

Use Patterns and Guidelines of system evolution in a natural way
Understand the risks of taking smaller or bigger steps in the evolution of a system
Start a system for the current business needs while keeping in mind the possible future changes

Who Should Attend

Programmers with at least 3 years experience with Unit Testing and at least 1-year experience with Test Driven Development on a daily basis

Practical Details

Language: English
Experiential, hands-on, interactive online learning with practical examples
Participants will be awarded a Mozaic Works certificate of completion

This Learning Program is Available on Demand

Agenda

Intro about Evolutionary Design
Roots of Design, Test Driven Development, and Evolutionary Design
Design Focus: optimize for changeability
Schools of TDD: Classicist, Mockist. Is there a battle?
Exercise: Classicist TDD
Deductive vs Inductive Evolutionary Design
Exercise: Mockist TDD
Normalize, Optimize, Maximize Growth
Discussion: Patterns of evolving a software system
Taking Baby Steps – The Software Design Dimension
Exercise: Take only one design decision at a time
Entry point. From where to start evolving a system?
Exercise: choose several entry points and check the implementation difference
Four Elements of Simple Design
Exercise: Focus on refactoring
Feedback & Retrospective

Prerequisites

Very good knowledge of unit testing, refactoring
Experience with applying Software Design concepts, principles and guidelines
Practical knowledge of Test Driven Development
Laptop with installed Unit Testing Framework for your preferred language

Meet Your Trainers

Adrian Bolboaca

VP of Innovation, Senior Trainer at Mozaic Works

With over 20 years of international experience in the world of software and transformations, Adrian shares about himself: I want to help my clients improve their business. I was helped by my professors, colleagues and mentors to continuously improve. Whenever I write code I focus on reducing domain complexity to obtain robust, maintainable software. The continuous improvement paradigm is important for the people I work with and for myself; this is why I like helping people, teams and businesses to become more adaptable and reach their goals. About Adi

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