David Bernstein

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Developer/Coach/Trainer at To Be Agile @ToBeAgile

Seattle, US

Joined Sep 2010

http://ToBeAgile.com/blog

About

In the course of his 30-year career, David Bernstein has trained more than 8,000 developers at hundreds of companies on how to improve their software design and construction. He's the author of the book Beyond Legacy Code: Nine Practices to Extend the Life (and Value) of Your Software. His company, To Be Agile (http://ToBeAgile.com), provides customized training, coaching and consulting to software developers and development teams around the world, enabling them to master essential practices, including Agile, Scrum, XP, test-driven development, design patterns and related techniques, for building high-quality software more rapidly.

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Writing Testable Code

An MVB explains what he means by the term 'testable code' and what writing it can help you achieve.

June 7, 2019

· 29,916 Views · 13 Likes

Barely Sufficient Documentation

Properly documenting code execution and explanation are not always necessary in the code itself, but it can go a long way toward successful repetition.

February 9, 2018

· 6,502 Views · 6 Likes

Encapsulation and Testability

In this article, an Agile development guru explains how the different kinds of testing function in an Agile environment, and the importance of encapsulated code.

November 6, 2017

· 6,623 Views · 3 Likes

Buddy Programming

When I encounter a team that’s reluctant to try pairing, sometimes I’ll suggest another technique that I call buddy programming.

January 23, 2017

· 8,006 Views · 2 Likes

Pairing vs. Mobbing

Pairing and mobbing are the fastest ways I know to propagate knowledge across a team, improve quality, and reinforce new habits.

January 4, 2017

· 8,621 Views · 7 Likes

Duplication Vs. Redundancy in Code

''Redundancy'' may be a better word choice than ''duplication'' when talking about code quality. Why does it matter?

December 8, 2016

· 17,170 Views · 2 Likes

Implementation Independence

The Gang of Four taught us to design to interfaces, not to implementations.

Updated September 12, 2016

· 5,800 Views · 5 Likes

The Single Level of Abstraction Principle

As the old computer science adage goes, all problems in computer science are created by, and solved by, adding an extra layer of abstraction.

August 11, 2016

· 16,789 Views · 17 Likes

Analyzing Time and Scope Boxes

Learn how using time boxes can keep your agile team operating smoothly and how scope boxes lend itself well to the maintenance portion of your project.

June 24, 2016

· 4,810 Views · 2 Likes

The Single Wringable Neck

It really pays to have a Product Owner or a product champion to streamline the development process.

May 28, 2016

· 7,386 Views · 4 Likes