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William C. Wake
 
William C. Wake is an independent software consultant, coach, and trainer. His interests include agile methods, impossible objects, and games and simulations for teaching. He's been using Java since 1.0.2. Bill is the author of the 'Refactoring Workbook' and 'Extreme Programming Explored.' His web home is at http://www.xp123.com.
In this excerpt from his book Refactoring Workbook, author William C. Wake provides examples of the easy to detect code smells of comments, long method, large class, and long parameter list.
The last ScrumGathering was held in Portland, OR, May 7-11.
On Tuesday, Mike Cohn and I taught a course centered around a series of case studies. Wednesday and Thursday were Open Space sessions...
Call For Participation
The Second IEEE International Workshop on Horizontal Interactive Human-Computer
System (Tabletop2007)
Newport, Rhode Island, USA, October 10-12, 2007.
Held in...
Project management from a portfolio or stage-gate perspective (including how agile development fits in): " Rockets,...
I work with a group that's been estimating in pair hours for a while. We'll describe a story, everybody will write their estimate on a card, somebody collects the estimates, and we make an overall...
The fall ScrumGathering is in Minneapolis, MN, this week. I'm here for the two-day open space and the trainer's meeting.
Groups are using http://...
IEEE Software is going to have a special issue on test-driven development. Here's the call for papers:
www.computer.org/...
Keynote: Spontaneous Brilliance, by Kat Koppett
Kat described aspects of improv, and how it can be used to create an environment where brilliance emerges.
The first rule - celebrating...
I know I said "day 3 of 4", but I actually need to add a couple more things about day 2.
In addition to his keynote speech, Bernie DeKoven was recognized for his contributions with the Ifill-...
NASAGA conference
Keynote: From Flint to Fireworks, by Dave Chalk
Dave Chalk described his own learning disabilities, and yet he became Air Canada'...
NASAGA - the North American Simulation and Games Association - is a group consisting mostly of trainers and facilitators who use games and simulations in their...
Communications of the ACM, October 2006
This issue has a few articles on global software development. Some touch on agile softare. One of the articles was a little odd, implying you needed...
Brian Marick and I hosted "Extreme Test Makeover," where people could bring their laptops with code and tests, and have an experienced tester/programmer review them.
Observations by participants:...
The Agile conference is in a couple days. I thought I'd articulate what I want to learn and see, in hopes of helping make that happen:)
Steve Metsker and I have co-written Design Patterns in Java, available from Addison-Wesley. This is a workbook-style book,...
John Roth pointed out this blurb ( Science Daily article) on problem-solving and team-size. It shows collaborative groups of...
The Origins game conference is June 29th - July 2, 2006, in Columbus, Ohio. There's almost nothing in the way of electronic games, but there are many...
Brian Marick and I are co-hosting a session, "Extreme Test Makeover," at the Agile Conference, currently scheduled for Monday, July 24.
The idea is that you...
Dr. Sallie Henry died March 7, 2006.
She came to the Computer Science department at the University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse, in 1979. Her energy and enthusiasm were a real boost. She encouraged...
Interesting article in the SD Times - "agile software development processes are in use at 14 percent of North American and European...
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