Katas, Contests and Coding Dojos
Kerry Buckley, 1 October 2010
What is a Kata?
kata |ˈkätə|nouna system of individual training exercises for practitioners of karate and other martial arts.• ( pl. same or katas) an individual exercise of this kind.ORIGIN Japanese.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/genista/310475897
But what does that have to do with software?
Coding Katas
Kata Styles
‘Prag’ Dave Thomas
• Simple problems
• Many correct solutions
• Different each time
• Learn by experimentation
‘Uncle’ Bob Martin
• Copy a master
• Follow forms precisely
• Learn by repetition
• Aim for perfect performance
Katas can help…
• To ingrain good habits (TDD, refactoring)
• When learning a new language
• Master your editor or IDE
• Stop you forgetting the basics
codekata.pragprog.com
codingkata.org
Coding Dojos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pedromenezes/4146050594
Code Retreat
http://picasaweb.google.com/coreyhaines/CodeRetreatChicago#5383234997317010050
And if I catch you writing the code before the test again, I’ll give you a chinese burn on the other arm too.
http://picasaweb.google.com/coreyhaines/CodeRetreatChicago#5383234997317010050
Contests and Sparring
Demo: Prime Factors
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