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ESSAP 2008 : 3rd European Summer School on Agile Programming

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Location: Varese, Italy, From Jun-30-2008 To Jul-04-2008
Contact Federico Gobbo
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The third European Summer School on Agile Programming (ESSAP), organized by DICOM, will be held in beautiful Villa Toeplitz in Varese, Italy. ESSAP 2008 aims to bring European students and professionals to learn and in a week-long, full immersion course.

The School is open both to undergraduate and graduate students, as well as professionals. A background in computer programming is essential. Knowledge of object-oriented programming is desirable.

Topics include:

  • Agile values, principles and practices
  • Refactoring and Test-Driven Development
  • Agile Planning
  • User stories
  • Scrum and Lean Development principles
  • A sustainable pace with the Pomodoro Technique
  • Team building and software design workshops
  • Retrospectives in practice