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Episode 44: Learning Programming Languages and Strategies With Katrina Owen
Learning Programming Languages and Strategies With Katrina Owen
Table XI is offering training for developers and product teams! For more info, email [email protected] or go to http://www.tablexi.com/workshops
Guest
Katrina Owen: Blog | Katrina’s Talks
Summary
What's a good way to learn a new programming language that focuses on solving problems and not merely syntax? Katrina Owen is the creator of Exercism, a tool for getting beyond "hello world" in new programing languages. She is also the co-author of 99 Bottles of OOP, and the presenter of a number of outstanding technical talks. We start off by talking about Exercism, how it started, how it evolved and what it’s good at, and then we talk about how the process by which it evolved, and how Katrina learned to analyze the project more strategically, and how that strategic thinking has helped her in other parts of her life and career.
Notes
02:14 - Exercism
03:37 - Solving Programming Language Learning
06:15 - Redesigning Exercism: Conceptually and Logistically
17:41 - Exercism Language Communities
23:45 - Gaining Control of an Open Source Community/Project
27:37 - Strategy and Priority
32:54 - Strategy vs. Tactics
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Learning Programming Languages and Strategies With Katrina Owen
Table XI is offering training for developers and product teams! For more info, email [email protected] or go to http://www.tablexi.com/workshops
Guest
Katrina Owen: Blog | Katrina’s Talks
Summary
What's a good way to learn a new programming language that focuses on solving problems and not merely syntax? Katrina Owen is the creator of Exercism, a tool for getting beyond "hello world" in new programing languages. She is also the co-author of 99 Bottles of OOP, and the presenter of a number of outstanding technical talks. We start off by talking about Exercism, how it started, how it evolved and what it’s good at, and then we talk about how the process by which it evolved, and how Katrina learned to analyze the project more strategically, and how that strategic thinking has helped her in other parts of her life and career.
Notes
02:14 - Exercism
03:37 - Solving Programming Language Learning
06:15 - Redesigning Exercism: Conceptually and Logistically
17:41 - Exercism Language Communities
23:45 - Gaining Control of an Open Source Community/Project
27:37 - Strategy and Priority
32:54 - Strategy vs. Tactics
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Special Guest: Katrina Owen.