Jam 8: Developer Productivity

held May 2008

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Google London Open Source Jam

When

Thursday 15^th May 2008. 6pm - 9.30pm.

Where

Hosted at the London Google Engineering Office by the Google Open Source Team.

Belgrave House, 76 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 9TQ. Map

Topic

This time, our topic of interest is Developer Productivity.

• Programming paradigms: OOP, AOP, intentional programming, literate programming, DSLs, ...
• Frameworks that help, frameworks that hinder.
• Source control, bug tracking, wikis, and mailing lists, oh my!
• Making your build go faster, faster, faster!
• Build automation: continuous builds, tests and coverage.
• Code reviews: review-then-commit, commit-then-review, or commit-commit-commit?
• Using {Emacs, Vim, Eclipse, ...} effectively.
• How do you measure productivity, anyway? Can it be done?

How to Get Here

Take the tube (Victoria, District and Circle lines) or bus (multiple routes, including the 38 and 73 from the West End) to Victoria Station, and we're 3 minutes' walk from the station.

What to Do When You Get Here

When you arrive, in the main ground floor reception, tell the receptionist that you're visiting Google. You register there, then take the lift to the 5^th floor, where you can sign in to the Google reception; when you arrive up there, please ask for the Open Source Jam event.