Java Posse: Roundup '11 - Developer Practices

Recorded at the Java Posse Roundup 2011 in Crested Butte, CO

How can we more productive as developers, designers and engineers?
What software tools are available?
What do companies do to improve productivity?
How do they do this efficiently?
Where have they found productivity gains?
What parts of the development process have been productive or improved?

Thanks to Peter Pilgrim for production help. 
Peter Pilgrim is an Oracle Java Champion, a Scala, JavaFX and Groovy enthusiast who lives in London, UK. 
He actively blogs online at http://www.xenonique.co.uk/blog/

• Remote Working
• VPN http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_network
• Distributed Version Control Systems
• Git SCM http://git-scm.com/
• Github https://github.com/
• Mercurial http://git-scm.com/
• Bazaar http://bazaar.canonical.com/en/
• Gerrit Code Review using Git http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/
• Telecommuting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_working
• Teleconferences
• WebEx http://www.webex.com/
• Skype http://www.skype.com/
• Goto Meeting http://www.gotomeeting.com
• Taking Notes
• Evernote http://www.evernote.com/
• Org-Mode Emacs http://orgmode.org/
• Microsoft One Note http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/onenote/
• JIRA tasks and action http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/
• Eclipse Mylyn http://www.eclipse.org/mylyn/
• Remember The Milk http://www.rememberthemilk.com/
• SCRUM Practices
• Pair Programming http://www.extremeprogramming.org/rules/pair.html
• Product Backlog http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/scrum/product-backlog
• Egoless Programming http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egoless_programming
• SCRUM story cards http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/scrum/task-boards
• Rally Application Lifecyle Management http://www.rallydev.com/agile_products/lifecycle_management/
• Martin Fowler's article on Code Ownership http://martinfowler.com/bliki/CodeOwnership.html
• Self-Help Individual Organisation Skills
• Getting Things Done (David Allen) http://www.davidco.com/
• Eat That Frog (Brian Tracy) http://www.eatthatfrogmovie.com/
• Pomodoro Technique http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/
• Unit Testing and Mocking Frameworks
• EasyMock http://easymock.org/
• JMock http://www.jmock.org/
• Mockito http://mockito.org/
• Using Groovy for Unit Testing http://groovy.codehaus.org/Unit+Testing
• Coding Conventions
• Old Sun Microsystem's Coding Convention documentation http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/codeconv-138413.html
• Android Coding Convention http://source.android.com/source/code-style.html
• Tracking Bugs
• Bug Tracking Systems Conceptually http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bug_tracking_system
• Redmine http://www.redmine.org/
• JIRA http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/tour/bug-tracking.jsp
• Bugzilla http://www.bugzilla.org/
• Trac Open Source System http://trac.edgewall.org/
• Miscellany
• Keyboard short cuts for Eclipse http://eclipse-tools.sourceforge.net/EclipseEmacsKeybindings_3_1.pdf
• Keyboard short cuts for IntelliJ IDEA http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/webhelp/keyboard-shortcuts-reference.html
• Keyboard short cuts for NetBeans http://usersguide.netbeans.org/shortcuts.pdf
• Emacs Shortcuts http://www.schacherer.de/frank/technology/tools/emacs.html
• Vi Shortcuts http://www.keyxl.com/aaab462/105/VIM-Text-Editor-keyboard-shortcuts.htm

Thanks

• Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth
• Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect
• Kirsty Doherty, Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork
• Theme Music:
• Opening - "Java" the parody song Copyright 1997 Broken Records and Marjorie Music Publ. (BMI),
• written and performed by Loose Bruce Kerr of the Dr. Demento Show and Sun Microsystems attorney.
• Based on the WWI popular song, "Ja-da." Ukelele style on the recording taught to Bruce by his dad.
• Re-produced with kind permission from "Loose" Bruce Kerr - http://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg
• Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)

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