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Stephen's Plan to Suck Less (at Software Development)
Stephen's Knowledge Portfolio Development
| Principle | Goal |
| Learn one new language a year (and do something useful with it) | Perl (?) by end of 2009 |
| Study a book a quarter | The Pragmatic Programmer by end of October 2009
The Mythical Man Month by end of January 2010
Code Complete 2 by end of April 2010 |
| Study magazine articles | Study July's MSDN magazine articles by 16 August 2009
Study August's MSDN magazine articles by 30 August 2009 |
| Attend local user group events | Keep an eye on Intergen events and Christchurch .NET User Group events. |
| Read blogs | Keep reading Coding Horror. |
| Podcasts | Keep listening to Stack Overflow's podcast. |
| Microsoft Certification | |
Weekly Schedule
Upcoming
| Week Ending | Task | Progress | Achieved |
| 2 August 2009 | 7+ hours exam study | M 81m T 61m W 70m Th 90m F 62m | |
| 2 August 2009 | Update exam question recordings | | |
| 2 August 2009 | Read 'Design Principles and Design Patterns' | | |
| 2 August 2009 | Create exam question lucky dip | | |
| 9 August 2009 | 7+ hours exam study | | |
| 16 August 2009 | 7+ hours exam study | | |
| 16 August 2009 | Read July's MSDN magazine articles | | |
| 23 August 2009 | 7+ hours exam study | | |
| 30 August 2009 | Read August's MSDN magazine articles | | |
Previous
| Week Ending | Task | Achieved |
| 2 August 2009 | Pick which book to read next | Yes |
Goals
Current Committed
Future Uncommitted
Write Buckets front end with MVC framework.
Complete 70-528 exam (to get MCTS)
Successfully submit a patch to an open source project.
Articles to Study
Design Principles and Design Patterns - Robert C. Martin
Pablo's SOLID Software Development (eBook)
Microsoft Certification
ASP.NET
| MCTS: .NET Framework 3.5 ASP .NET Applications |
| Exam 70-536 | MCTS Prerequisite: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework – Application Development Foundation |
| Exam 70-562 | MCTS Prerequisite: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, ASP.NET Application Development |
| MCPD: ASP.NET Developer 3.5 on Visual Studio 2008 |
| Exam 70-536 | MCTS Prerequisite: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework – Application Development Foundation |
| Exam 70-562 | MCTS Prerequisite: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, ASP.NET Application Development |
| Exam 70-564 | MCPD Requirement: PRO: Designing and Developing ASP.NET Applications Using the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 |
| MCTS: .NET Framework 3.5 Windows Forms Applications |
| Exam 70-536 | MCTS Prerequisite: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework – Application Development Foundation |
| Exam 70-505 | MCTS Prerequisite: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 – Windows Forms Application Development |
| MCPD: Windows Developer 3.5 on Visual Studio 2008 |
| Exam 70-536 | MCTS Prerequisite: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework – Application Development Foundation |
| Exam 70-505 | MCTS Prerequisite: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 – Windows Forms Application Development |
| Exam 70-563 | MCPD Requirement: PRO: Designing and Developing Windows Applications Using the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 |
