How Programmers Think and Learn with Prof. Felienne Hermans

from Software Engineering Unlocked · host Michaela Greiler

Today’s episode is sponsored by ConfigCat – your favorite feature flag management tool to release more frequently with fewer risks!Links:Felienne's TwitterThe Programmer BrainDjango Girls websiteMichaela's code review workshopsCode Review Book

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In this episode, I talk to Felienne Hermans, who is an associate professor at the University of Leiden and researches how developers think and learn. We talk about: - why it is so hard to read and understand code, - her book "The developer's brain", - how we can learn easier to program, - techniques to understand complex code quicker, - how a shared vocabulary can help teams, not only during code reviews - and her process to write a book developers will love.

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