From: Kevin <darkintent@...>
Date: 2011-08-09T14:49:18+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] 2011 Gotham Ruby Conference Videos are up

On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 10:54 PM, Josh Cheek <josh.cheek@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Stephen Schor <beholdthepanda@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Better late than never.
>>
>> http://vimeo.com/album/1634019
>>
>
>
> I thought "Less - The Path to Better Design", by Sandi Metz was
> exceptionally good http://vimeo.com/26330100, it focuses on abstract issues,
> but in a very concrete way (ie it's not one of those blogs/talks that sound
> great but leave you with no idea how to apply it).
>
> Abstract: The concrete principles of object-oriented design are useful but
> are built upon powerful concepts that the principles tend to obscure. When
> design principles become goals in and of themselves, object-oriented design
> gets a bad name and applications suffer. This talk strips away the
> well-known design principles and exposes the hidden, underlying goals of
> design. It reveals programming techniques that allow you to write less code
> while creating beautiful, flexible applications. These techniques all
> involve less. Doing less, debugging less, testing less and knowing less, all
> in service of achieving more.
>

That was a great talk.  I found myself on the verge of tears as the
hell she describes when things go wrong is basically the application I
have to maintain at the moment. TT  Though in my case I'll be in a
good spot once I move the validations to the client.