Developer Productivity
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Clear requirements scoped out beforehand so that I don't have to have endless clarifications on points. Clear acceptance criteria; with this I know what I'm developing against and I know what the criteria is by which the application will be judged. I have my phone on silent, and email switched off.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
Clear requirements
Oxymoron :)
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Clear requirements scoped out beforehand so that I don't have to have endless clarifications on points. Clear acceptance criteria; with this I know what I'm developing against and I know what the criteria is by which the application will be judged. I have my phone on silent, and email switched off.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
You've just described a dream job. Do you currently have such a role? I 100% agree that that would make me a productive developer. Tools, they help, but having a clear idea of the job ahead, the rules and requirements makes your job measurably easier.
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On the topic of developer productivity, inspired by the thread below on Enterprise Library. What do you think makes the developers most productive? In my experience, it is not the tools (plugin your favorite IDE/Editor), not the frameworks, not dual monitors (Did I hear John C screaming in his tent?), not the carrot and also not the choice programming language. I will post what I think is most important when it comes to developer productivity, but first I want to know from others: what makes you most productive?
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You've just described a dream job. Do you currently have such a role? I 100% agree that that would make me a productive developer. Tools, they help, but having a clear idea of the job ahead, the rules and requirements makes your job measurably easier.
hammerstein05 wrote:
Do you currently have such a role?
Dear lord no. It's my job though, to get this for my developers.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
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On the topic of developer productivity, inspired by the thread below on Enterprise Library. What do you think makes the developers most productive? In my experience, it is not the tools (plugin your favorite IDE/Editor), not the frameworks, not dual monitors (Did I hear John C screaming in his tent?), not the carrot and also not the choice programming language. I will post what I think is most important when it comes to developer productivity, but first I want to know from others: what makes you most productive?
Having good chunks of uninterrupted time is key for me (at least 1 to 2 hours depending on the task at hand). Yes, this is an ideal scenario and not always reality. Making this happen requires planning & cooperation between myself and anyone else up the chain.
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On the topic of developer productivity, inspired by the thread below on Enterprise Library. What do you think makes the developers most productive? In my experience, it is not the tools (plugin your favorite IDE/Editor), not the frameworks, not dual monitors (Did I hear John C screaming in his tent?), not the carrot and also not the choice programming language. I will post what I think is most important when it comes to developer productivity, but first I want to know from others: what makes you most productive?
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On the topic of developer productivity, inspired by the thread below on Enterprise Library. What do you think makes the developers most productive? In my experience, it is not the tools (plugin your favorite IDE/Editor), not the frameworks, not dual monitors (Did I hear John C screaming in his tent?), not the carrot and also not the choice programming language. I will post what I think is most important when it comes to developer productivity, but first I want to know from others: what makes you most productive?
Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
what makes you most productive?
Having something to do. A "goal", if you will. Which probably explains why I've been so bloody bored and idle the last few months. Probably time for a holiday; and now this benighted volcanic ash business is on its way out in time for the next media-amplified panic I think now is probably a good time. I think I fancy a driving tour around Eastern Europe. I shall tell ask the wife.
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Mladen Jankovic wrote:
fellow programmer's productivity is spot on.
LOL:) Yes, you may have a point.
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Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
what makes you most productive?
Having something to do. A "goal", if you will. Which probably explains why I've been so bloody bored and idle the last few months. Probably time for a holiday; and now this benighted volcanic ash business is on its way out in time for the next media-amplified panic I think now is probably a good time. I think I fancy a driving tour around Eastern Europe. I shall tell ask the wife.
Didn't you just return from a 6 week holiday. :)
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Didn't you just return from a 6 week holiday. :)
That was - literally - months ago! :D
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On the topic of developer productivity, inspired by the thread below on Enterprise Library. What do you think makes the developers most productive? In my experience, it is not the tools (plugin your favorite IDE/Editor), not the frameworks, not dual monitors (Did I hear John C screaming in his tent?), not the carrot and also not the choice programming language. I will post what I think is most important when it comes to developer productivity, but first I want to know from others: what makes you most productive?
Up to a point, if the psychological motivation is not there, the physical environment (dual monitors, private office, money, etc.) won't matter too much. A good manager knows that, and knows how to stroke people (this is a social engineering euphemism for lying to them). Of course, for a consultant, life is much simpler (note: I never do fixed-price contracts). Tell me what you want, tell me how much you will pay per hour. Then I don't care if the office is crappy and the people are jerks. Those things are just not my concern. I motivate myself, because I want a good reference for the next gig. Leaving the client satisfied is job #1.
Best wishes, Hans
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On the topic of developer productivity, inspired by the thread below on Enterprise Library. What do you think makes the developers most productive? In my experience, it is not the tools (plugin your favorite IDE/Editor), not the frameworks, not dual monitors (Did I hear John C screaming in his tent?), not the carrot and also not the choice programming language. I will post what I think is most important when it comes to developer productivity, but first I want to know from others: what makes you most productive?
Creating a test for a function before moving on to the next function. It gives you a sense of achievement and helps code be correct. It is a productivity killer to spend time #$%@ing with code to then find out it was some other function written earlier that wasn't tested fully. You sit and wonder about 10,000 different possibilities about why your code isn't working. The loss in productivity is in spending time on 9,999 of the possibilities that are not the cause of your problem.
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On the topic of developer productivity, inspired by the thread below on Enterprise Library. What do you think makes the developers most productive? In my experience, it is not the tools (plugin your favorite IDE/Editor), not the frameworks, not dual monitors (Did I hear John C screaming in his tent?), not the carrot and also not the choice programming language. I will post what I think is most important when it comes to developer productivity, but first I want to know from others: what makes you most productive?
Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
what makes you most productive?
Probably good documentation. I waste spend most of my time at work trying to make sense of our multi-MLOC code base. Whenever I get to do something with a well documented code/technology, I finish the task very quickly. Clean and simple design would also help, but I haven't seen such a thing during my 15 years in the business.
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Clear requirements scoped out beforehand so that I don't have to have endless clarifications on points. Clear acceptance criteria; with this I know what I'm developing against and I know what the criteria is by which the application will be judged. I have my phone on silent, and email switched off.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
Clear requirements means that more than half the job is done already! :thumbsup:
"When did ignorance become a point of view" - Dilbert
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OK, maybe I'm unusual here, but I suspect their methodology would result in less productivity. Granted as a perk it's fantastic, but I'm not sure my concentration levels would be very high, at least towards programming. Plus, after a few boosts, I think I'd need a nap. Or at least a smoke. :)
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On the topic of developer productivity, inspired by the thread below on Enterprise Library. What do you think makes the developers most productive? In my experience, it is not the tools (plugin your favorite IDE/Editor), not the frameworks, not dual monitors (Did I hear John C screaming in his tent?), not the carrot and also not the choice programming language. I will post what I think is most important when it comes to developer productivity, but first I want to know from others: what makes you most productive?
Agile development and coffee. A little bit more elaborate what I mean by that: A good team with engineers, organisers and at least one customer representative at the table, plus lot's of free coffee. In an environment where your team can solely focus on planned work and at the same time has a lot of fun, that's when I remember it was most productive. I like software development teams where different planing parties (e.g. technical and non technical planing) work together and do not suffer from heavy management trying to command-and-control instead of aiding the creative design processes. I also think that processes are more important than the organisation structure of a company, e.g. processes are in my experience more relevant than hierarchy or titles. Btw, if you want to know how much agile development you do... check the Karlskrona test[^]. It's a demanding test, anyone passing it? ;) /Moak
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On the topic of developer productivity, inspired by the thread below on Enterprise Library. What do you think makes the developers most productive? In my experience, it is not the tools (plugin your favorite IDE/Editor), not the frameworks, not dual monitors (Did I hear John C screaming in his tent?), not the carrot and also not the choice programming language. I will post what I think is most important when it comes to developer productivity, but first I want to know from others: what makes you most productive?
Clear goals, clear expectations, and the understanding that what is being produced will actually be useful to someone, not just end up consuming dead space on the hard drive. That said, the whole Swordfish performance boosting methodology sounds good too :)
¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! Personal 3D projects Just Say No to Web 2 Point Blow
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On the topic of developer productivity, inspired by the thread below on Enterprise Library. What do you think makes the developers most productive? In my experience, it is not the tools (plugin your favorite IDE/Editor), not the frameworks, not dual monitors (Did I hear John C screaming in his tent?), not the carrot and also not the choice programming language. I will post what I think is most important when it comes to developer productivity, but first I want to know from others: what makes you most productive?
While I don't think things like Enterprise Library make developers any more productive, I do think they save time on a projects. If I had to recreate the logging and exception handling code that I got from the Enterprise Library it would take time (days, weeks who cares). I think the other things you mention can help with productivity. I know I'm more productive with 3 monitors than I am with 2, and more productive with 2 than 1. Faster machine always helps too. If the build takes to long my mind wanders, and I end up wasting time on the web (like now). The key is of course motivation, and if I knew how to keep my motivation near the top I wouldn't be writing this now...
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On the topic of developer productivity, inspired by the thread below on Enterprise Library. What do you think makes the developers most productive? In my experience, it is not the tools (plugin your favorite IDE/Editor), not the frameworks, not dual monitors (Did I hear John C screaming in his tent?), not the carrot and also not the choice programming language. I will post what I think is most important when it comes to developer productivity, but first I want to know from others: what makes you most productive?
When I have clear, well-defined requirements of what someone wants me to develop. If I have to search out answers to non-technical questions, then my talents are being wasted and I will be very un-productive. :)
Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra]
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On the topic of developer productivity, inspired by the thread below on Enterprise Library. What do you think makes the developers most productive? In my experience, it is not the tools (plugin your favorite IDE/Editor), not the frameworks, not dual monitors (Did I hear John C screaming in his tent?), not the carrot and also not the choice programming language. I will post what I think is most important when it comes to developer productivity, but first I want to know from others: what makes you most productive?
i need a realistic and well-defined goal to achieve. show me where you need me to be. if i can plot a reasonable course to get there, i'll be on my way. walk by and tell me to write a new version of Word, and i'll sit there waiting for as long as it takes for you to realize how stupid you are.