I Went to a ‘Coding Dojo’!

Introduction:

After a long time out, I was able to attend another ‘Coding Dojo’ session. This week’s blog post summarises the experience as it has been a while since I’ve been to one of these events.

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Event Overview:

We get presented with a coding problem and need to solve it, ideally using TDD.

This week’s problem was about computing the distances between a start location and a list of other locations using the latitudes and longitudes.

Thoughts:

This problem required Great-circle distance, a formula which I find complex.

With that being said, that’s where I see the value in these events because I’m never going to learn if I just understand everything first time. I want to continue putting myself in rooms where there are a lot more smarter people (than me) as that’s the place where I’ll grow and learn the most.

As always, Test Driven Development was a point that was echoed throughout and I honestly think it’s something that will be included in my next programming project. For me, the key with this is that time is not a constraint . If I had limited time then I feel as though starting with tests limits progress although I guess this just comes down to personal preference.

Conclusion:

All in all, this was another great event. I like how these events allow me to do some coding and meet new people. Typically, there’s plenty of senior developers there, even junior developers who’ve been around for a while. There were plenty of familiar faces and I can’t wait for the next one!

Final Things:

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