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ARE YOU A GOOD SCOUT?
Matt Cockayne@phpboyscout
I’ve been a developer for well over a decade in one form or another!
I’ve been a Speaker for all of 30 seconds!
I’m also a Scout Leader
Its great fun being a Scout!
Its great fun being a Scout!
“Always leavethe
better than you found it”
campsite
codebase“Always leavethe
better than you found it”
We have now turned something that we teach kids aged 7 - 18 to do naturally, into something that we as developers should be doing every day.
• Add/Improve the
README.md
• Improve the docs
• Add a Doc Block
• Comment complexity
Putting up a sign
• useless comments
• obsolete code
• old components
• stray files
• defunct backups
Pick up some litter
• refactor a function or class
• fix a failing test
• write a new test (or two)
Repair a fence
Make sure you haven’t broken anything
Check all the tests pass
Write a sensible commit message
Being a good Scout is more than Dib Dib Dib
Hard Work
Determination
Ingenuity
Tenacity
Thanks
@phpboyscout
If you would like to have fun being a Scout then please visit
scouts.org.uk/get-involved