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At Redgate, we're fascinated by software development and how to do it smarter, better and more intelligently. How do we reduce the burden of legacy code and technical debt, for example? How do we use test-driven development to make the code as robust as possible. How do we apply UX principles and skills to make the complicated software we develop intuitive to use?

Geoff Bones

Geoff Bones

10 April 2014

Geoff Bones

Geoff Bones

10 April 2014

Code kata 5: SOLID chess

The kata Let’s get this clear: we’re not going to write a chess-playing AI in this kata. The idea is a bit more humble: to write a program that can work out valid moves for a set of chess pieces. The purpose of this kata is to practise writing SOLID… Read more

Code Katas

SOLID

Geoff Bones

Geoff Bones

19 March 2014

Geoff Bones

Geoff Bones

19 March 2014

Code kata 4: Word ladder

Naming things can be very hard, yet a well-chosen name can really help a reader understand how your code works. This code kata is an old favorite, one that we’ve done before, but this time we’ve added an emphasis on naming things well. The kata A word ladder is a… Read more

Code Katas

Geoff Bones

Geoff Bones

24 February 2014

Geoff Bones

Geoff Bones

24 February 2014

Code kata 2: Amaze me

The kata You are given a program which is capable of traversing 2D mazes. However, the solution isn’t perfect and fails to find the exit in certain types of mazes. Moreover, the current solution is messy, doesn’t follow any sensible coding principles (e.g. SOLID) and is completely untested. The input… Read more

Code Katas

deliberate practice

Mark Jordan

Mark Jordan

19 September 2013

Mark Jordan

Mark Jordan

19 September 2013

Jade

Writing HTML can be a chore – making sure elements are closed properly can be annoying without proper IDE support, and CSS markup often requires repeated patterns of nested divs and spans in order to get the layout working properly. There are various templating languages and engines available for dealing… Read more

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