Code is poetry — why code quality really matters

Date: Saturday, July 14, 2018
Time: 2:30 - 3:15 pm (CDT) (UTC-05:00)
Location: Simon Hall 110
Format: General Lecture Session

Session description

Constant code refactoring, missed deadlines and exploding costs are some of the consequences of bad code quality.

In this talk I will try to convince you that good code quality, whether you are a one-man shop or a full-fledged development team, will help you to become truly Agile, honor deadlines and will improve the general happiness and motivation of your team.

Presenter

Guillaume Molter

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Senior Web and Application Developer, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
https://www.guillaumemolter.me

Guillaume is a senior web and application developer at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where he manages 1900+ websites with WordPress Multisite. He has been using WordPress as his CMS of choice for the past 8 years and has contributed to several plugins. Guillaume has a special interest in Agile software development, code quality and DevOps practices.

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  • General Lecture Session: Code is poetry — why code quality really matters

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