Java Posse #271 - Roundup 09 - Effective Communication

Roundup 09 - Effective Communication Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com Recorded at the Java Posse Roundup 2009 in Crested Butte, CO. An investigation in to how to better communicate within your team and with the rest of your company to improve productivity. Coding conventions http://java.sun.com/docs/codeconv/ Code reviews http://www.developer.com/tech/article.php/3579756 Code Review tools Atlassian Crucible - http://www.atlassian.com/software/crucible/ Google Rietveld - http://code.google.com/p/rietveld/ Reviewboard - http://www.review-board.org/ Checkstyle http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/ Architecture Review http://www.codeproject.com/KB/architecture/SWArchitectureReview.aspx Wiki Atlassian Confluence - http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/ Fitnesse - http://java-source.net/open-source/wiki-engines/fitnesse XWiki - http://java-source.net/open-source/wiki-engines/xwiki Flow http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/mental-state-called-flow.html Concentration in a shared environment http://agiletracksoftware.com/blog.html?id=7 Book - Peopleware http://www.amazon.com/Peopleware-Productive-Projects-Teams-Second/dp/0932633439 Superstar programmers, technical debt, people hacking http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/01/23/three-case-studies-are-you-a-superstar/ http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/08/04/oscon-2007-managing-technical-debt/ http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/08/04/oscon-2007-people-hacks/ Soft skills http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_skills User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development (Mike Cohn) http://www.amazon.com/User-Stories-Applied-Development-Addison-Wesley/dp/0321205685 Code Quality in WTFs Per Minute http://www.osnews.com/story/19266/WTFs_m http://www.irrlicht3d.org/pivot/entry.php?id=682 Thanks Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth Brice Ruth and Webprojkt.com - http://webprojkt.com - for our archives site - http://archives.javaposse.com Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect Kirsty Doherty, Oliver Widder and Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork Brian Ehmann - the Java Posse intern Craig Muth for maintaining the Java Posse Memorizable site - http://memorizable.org/Java_Posse Theme Music: Opening - "Java" the parody song Copyright 1997 Broken Records and Marjorie Music Publ. (BMI), written and performed by Loose Bruce Kerr of the Dr. Demento Show and Sun Microsystems attorney. Based on the WWI popular song, "Ja-da." Ukelele style on the recording taught to Bruce by his dad. Re-produced with kind permission from "Loose" Bruce Kerr - http://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1) To contact us: Visit our homepage - http://javaposse.com Post on our Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse Pose a question on our Google Moderator group - http://tinyurl.com/q4javaposse Call us with questions and feedback - (408) 465 4626 Or send us email - [email protected] The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall