Saturday, July 30, 2011

What a Software Professional should know?

I have been reading Robert C. Martin’s book “The Clean Coder”.
A must read book for every software professional.
In chapter 1, Bob mention the minimal list of things that every software professional should be conversant with:
1. Design patterns.
One should be able to describe all 24 patterns in the GOF book .
One should also have a working knowledge of the component principles.
2. Design
One should know the SOLID principles
3. Methods
One should understand XP, Scrum, Lean, Kanban, Waterfall ,Structured Analysis and Structured Design
4. Disciplines:
You should practice TDD, Object-Oriented design, Structured Programming, Continous Integration and Pair Programming
5. Artifacts:
You should know UML,DFDs ,Structured Charts, Pertri Nets, State Transition Diagrams and Tables, flow charts and decision tables.

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