Speaking: ACCU 2013

I'll be speaking at the ACCU 2013 software developer's conference in Bristol this April.

The session title is "Becoming a Better Programmer" (which you may have noticed has become a long-running theme with my recent work).

It promises to be a fun informative session with a few special guests and some twists.

As ever, this is set to be an excellent conference. You can check out more details on the conference website.

Writing: The Art of Software Development

The March issue of ACCU's C Vu magazine is out now. It contains my latest Becoming a Better Programmer column. This one is called The Art of Software Development. A little light relief for my column faithful.

Writing: Navigating a Route

The January issue of ACCU's C Vu magazine is out now. It contains my latest Becoming a Better Programmer column. This one is called Navigating a Route. It talks about how to learn a new codebase, navigate a routine into the system, and understand how to fix and extend the code correctly. It's a skill everyone needs!

Writing: The Advanced Coding Test

The latest issue of ACCU's CVu Magazine is out now. It contains my latest Becoming a Better Programmer column, The Advanced Coding Test. In it I present a thought experiment comparing the act of coding to driving. (Well, they do both occasionally lead to crashes, after all).

Writing: The Curious Case of the Frozen Code

The latest issue of ACCU's CVu Magazine is out now. It contains my latest Becoming a Better Programmer column, The Curious Case of the Frozen Code. I present an investigation of the (mythical) state of code freeze, and the edifices of development process we erect around it.

10,000 Monkeys (Cartoons)

I've been doodling wee cartoons on various coding topics for some time now. They've become pretty popular. Indeed, one of my Becoming a Better Programmer magazine columns was full of them.

I have set up a Tumblr blog for them. Feel free to stroll through the archives at petegoodliffe.tumblr.com.

Writing: The Art of Software Development

The latest issue of ACCU's CVu Magazine is out now. It contains my latest Becoming a Better Programmer column, The Art of Software Development. This time I present a fun little diversion for your reading delight, your visual delectation, and to stimulate your development prowess.

On the cover you can just about make out some pseudo-UML I once scribbled on a whiteboard in the vein hope of understanding someone else's tangled code structure.