Re: Help with History of Code4lib

From: Ed Summers <ehs_at_nyob>
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 11:16:10 -0500
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTS.CLIR.ORG
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>> On Nov 14, 2017, at 12:48 PM, Frumkin, Jeremy A - (frumkinj) <frumkinj_at_EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU> wrote:
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>> The lightening talks from the 1st code4lib were definitely on flip-charts. I remember Ed Summers giving the first ever c4l lightening talk, but I do not remember the specific topic.

I think it was test driven design. I distinctly remember how grateful I was for the applause when I got a test to pass while I was stumbling around live coding in Java with Eclipse.

I still often develop with unit tests ... but Java and Eclipse, not so much :)

//Ed

PS. We do look young ... and white ... and male. It's good that some things have changed. Progress is possible.


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