‘Breakable Toys’ Pattern

The “breakable toys” pattern from chapter 5 is one of if not the most important pattern contained in this book in my opinion. This pattern specifically talks about the necessity of learning from failure even if your work environment does not allow you to do so. A situation like this is common within industries such

Sprint 3 Retrospective

This was our third and final sprint for the semester and I believe we improved greatly when it came to working as a team compared to our previous sprints.We completed all of our issues during this sprint as a team during our various meetings which allowed us to collaborate more and learn about the project

Sprint 2 Retrospective

This was our second sprint of the semester and I would say we definitely did better in some aspects as a team while we still need to work on other aspects. I personally worked on one issue on my own while we did all the other issues completed during the sprint as a team during

‘Sweeping the Floor’ Pattern

The ‘sweeping the floor’ pattern in chapter four pertains directly to the beginnings of an apprenticeship or just work in software in general. This pattern explains that when you first begin the process of working in software while you will not be nearly as knowledgeable or efficient as the other members of your team with

Sprint 1 Retrospective

With this being our first sprint of the semester it went well but we had our fair share of issues that we had to work through as a team which will help us make better decisions on our workflow and our team dynamic in the future. I personally worked on five issues throughout the sprint,

‘Find Your Mentors’ Pattern

The ‘Find Your Mentors’ pattern is about the idea of “apprenticing” yourself to someone who is more experienced than you are within your field of expertise. While this pattern should be considered for many different professions it should especially be considered for software development as having a mentor can be very helpful especially when you

‘Sustainable Motivations’ Pattern

The ‘sustainable motivations’ pattern is all about development in the real world and how it can be very challenging as an apprentice to get used to the reality of software development. Development of your own technical skills is very important as you gain more experience working with customers and with a different variety of products.

‘Unleash Your Enthusiasm’ Pattern

  The ‘Unleash your enthusiasm’ apprenticeship pattern is one which I would consider very important. The basis of this pattern is that you should not feel the need to suppress your own excitement over crafting software when you are part of a team but you should be mindful of the team’s dynamic and attitude before blindly

‘Your First Language’ Pattern

  The ‘Your First Language’ pattern from chapter two consists of the idea that you are just starting out and only have a basic understanding of one or maybe even two languages. The problem which is presented is that you as an apprentice believe that your job depends on being able to produce the same quality

Apprenticeship Patterns Introductions

  The introduction chapter for the Apprenticeship patterns book gives a definition and understanding of not only the term ‘software craftsmanship’ but it also explains the stages of ones development within the software development career path. These stages can be attributed too many other careers but the apprenticeship patterns contained in this text are meant to