Agile development practices

This one-day course will give a real hands-on experience with, and knowledge of many of the technical practices employed by Agile developers. Starting with looking at practices applied to code “in the small” and working our way out to application-level deployment and configuration practices. Our experienced trainers will present theory, lead discussion, demonstrate and assist attendees with gaining an understanding of how these practices can be used to improve the quality and speed of delivery of software. The trainers are experienced Agile practitioners.

About the trainers

Chris Bushell is a Senior Consultant, Trainer and Coach with ThoughtWorks. Chris has over ten years experience developing and architecting software for organisations of every size, from start-ups to large multinationals.

Andy Marks is the Market Technical Lead for Melbourne and Perth. He has worked for ThoughtWorks since 2002 as a developer, technical team lead and Agile coach.

Schedule

Start Time	Topic	Format
8:30	Introduction
9:00	Test Driven Development	Theory
9:30	Test Driven Development	Practical
10:30	Break
10:45	Legacy System Integration	Theory
11:15	Legacy System Integration	Practical
12:15	Lunch
1:00	Continuous Integration	Theory
1:30	Continuous Integration	Discussion
2:00	Trunk Based Development	Theory
2:30	Trunk Based Development	Discussion
3:00	Break
3:15	Infrastructure as Code	Theory
3:45	Infrastructure as Code	Practical
4:45	Conclusion

Equipment

Attendees should bring their own laptop with a suitable development environment for either Java (e.g., Eclipse, IntelliJ, NetBeans) or C# (Visual Studio, SharpDevelop). All other materials will be provided. Please indicate in the registration form below, for the sake of the practical exercises, whether you would prefer to code in (a) C# (b) Java, (c) either.

Cost

$500 ex. GST, includes refreshments and lunch.

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