#xpman March 12th – Lessons learnt scaling a mainstream restful API, with David Whitney

A walk through the design, launch, and evolution of a RESTful API that ended up powering some of the largest charity campaigns in the UK. We’ll go through what worked, what didn’t, along with some tips and advice to help you grow your own API to be ready for consumption by just about anyone.

David is an independent software consultant based in London focusing on iterative software delivery, developer mentoring and cultural change.

Prior to consulting David spent almost half a decade as the technical architect at JustGiving, and has done stints in telecoms, sports betting and ecommerce.

Location: Either Madlab or New Federation House (TBC)

Grab a free ticket

#xpman February 12th – TDD with Kevin Timmins

A practical session to explore two extreme TDD strategies and the confidence they give us. The session will provide an opportunity to explore the TDD activities which make us feel happy and make us feel uncomfortable. It will be run in two short parts with an opportunity to reflect and discuss thoughts and ideas at the end of the session. The idea is that it will challenge those who do TDD on a daily basis as to the reason for really doing TDD, and it will provide an excellent introduction to TDD for anyone who is new to it with a headstart in where to focus time and attention while following the key steps.

The session will be a paired kata so please bring laptops.

We’re still based at New Federation House, not Madlab.

from 6:30, coding starts at 7pm, see you there!

#xpman January 8th – From Enterprise to Startup – Our XPerience.

This month, Gemma Cameron and James Jefferies will looking back through their diaries and telling us all about their experiences transitioning from Enterprise developers to start up life.

Starting at 7pm

Please note: We’re NOT at Madlab this month, we’re in temporary accommodation whilst they fix the place :)

The building is a few doors down from the Printworks in the direction towards Swan Street.

Full details:

Address: New Federation House, M60 0AF

Entrance: Our entrance is not the main NFH entrance (which is on Federation Street). It is on Dantzic Street.

Google Maps: link

Directions: On Dantzic Street, next to Dantzic House are some big black gates on the front of a building (if you click on the Google Map link, you will see a man in a red T shirt in front of them). Enter here and there is a door to your immediate left. We are here!

Directions from MadLab: Facing the front door at MadLab, take a right and continue to the end of the street. Take a left and then a right on the corner (at Dough). Cross over the road and keep walking straight, through the Metrolink Tram stop. You will then rejoin a road. This is Dantzic Street. Turn right and then look for a building called Dantzic House on the opposite side of the street. There are some big black doors to the building’s immediate left. Go through these – there is a door to the left, just inside the gates. We are here!

December 11th – getKanban at #xpman

This month, we’ll be playing getKanban, which is a board game that introduces Kanban in a software development context.

Grab a free ticket –

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/xpmanchester-getkanban-tickets-14843827287

 

Please note: We’re NOT at Madlab this month, we’re in temporary accommodation whilst they fix the place :)

The building is a few doors down from the Printworks in the direction towards Swan Street.

Full details:

Address: New Federation House, M60 0AF

Entrance: Our entrance is not the main NFH entrance (which is on Federation Street). It is on Dantzic Street.

Google Maps: link

Directions: On Dantzic Street, next to Dantzic House are some big black gates on the front of a building (if you click on the Google Map link, you will see a man in a red T shirt in front of them). Enter here and there is a door to your immediate left. We are here!

Directions from MadLab: Facing the front door at MadLab, take a right and continue to the end of the street. Take a left and then a right on the corner (at Dough). Cross over the road and keep walking straight, through the Metrolink Tram stop. You will then rejoin a road. This is Dantzic Street. Turn right and then look for a building called Dantzic House on the opposite side of the street. There are some big black doors to the building’s immediate left. Go through these – there is a door to the left, just inside the gates. We are here!

Not late, honest – November 13th #xpman Meetup

As mentioned on the google group – this month’s meeting features two topics, Impact Mapping & cynefin.

Impact mapping takes beyond user stories, asking what we need to develop in order to, well, make impacts.

Cynefin is the idea that different contexts require different approaches. What makes agile successful? Is it always the best option?

Please note: We’re NOT at Madlab this month, we’re in temporary accommodation whilst they fix the place :)
The building is a few doors down from the Printworks in the direction towards Swan Street.
Full details:
Address: New Federation House, M60 0AF
Entrance: Our entrance is not the main NFH entrance (which is on Federation Street). It is on Dantzic Street.
Google Maps: link
Directions: On Dantzic Street, next to Dantzic House are some big black gates on the front of a building (if you click on the Google Map link, you will see a man in a red T shirt in front of them). Enter here and there is a door to your immediate left. We are here!
Directions from MadLab: Facing the front door at MadLab, take a right and continue to the end of the street. Take a left and then a right on the corner (at Dough). Cross over the road and keep walking straight, through the Metrolink Tram stop. You will then rejoin a road. This is Dantzic Street. Turn right and then look for a building called Dantzic House on the opposite side of the street. There are some big black doors to the building’s immediate left. Go through these – there is a door to the left, just inside the gates. We are here!

October 9th – #NoEstimates Debate

Earlier on in the year we had our own #IsTDDDead debate.

This month, we’ll be having a similar session, but instead looking at the #NoEstimates movement and debating its merits.

From 6:30

 

Please note: We’re NOT at Madlab this month, we’re in temporary accommodation whilst they fix the place :)

The building is a few doors down from the Printworks in the direction towards Swan Street.

Full details:

Address: New Federation House, M60 0AF

Entrance: Our entrance is not the main NFH entrance (which is on Federation Street). It is on Dantzic Street.

Google Maps: link

Directions: On Dantzic Street, next to Dantzic House are some big black gates on the front of a building (if you click on the Google Map link, you will see a man in a red T shirt in front of them). Enter here and there is a door to your immediate left. We are here!

Directions from MadLab: Facing the front door at MadLab, take a right and continue to the end of the street. Take a left and then a right on the corner (at Dough). Cross over the road and keep walking straight, through the Metrolink Tram stop. You will then rejoin a road. This is Dantzic Street. Turn right and then look for a building called Dantzic House on the opposite side of the street. There are some big black doors to the building’s immediate left. Go through these – there is a door to the left, just inside the gates. We are here!

#xpman September 11th – XPerience Sharing

An interactive, group therapy session is planned for this month. Bring your problems, your success stories, your questions. We shall draw from the experience of the group, and hopefully learn something new along the way!

We’ll also use this session to gauge interest in various topics for future meet ups, based on the questions asked and expertise in the room.

From 6:30pm

Please note: We’re NOT at Madlab this month, we’re in temporary accommodation whilst they fix the place :)

The building is a few doors down from the Printworks in the direction towards Swan Street.

Full details:

Address: New Federation House, M60 0AF

Entrance: Our entrance is not the main NFH entrance (which is on Federation Street). It is on Dantzic Street.

Google Maps: link

Directions: On Dantzic Street, next to Dantzic House are some big black gates on the front of a building (if you click on the Google Map link, you will see a man in a red T shirt in front of them). Enter here and there is a door to your immediate left. We are here!

Directions from MadLab: Facing the front door at MadLab, take a right and continue to the end of the street. Take a left and then a right on the corner (at Dough). Cross over the road and keep walking straight, through the Metrolink Tram stop. You will then rejoin a road. This is Dantzic Street. Turn right and then look for a building called Dantzic House on the opposite side of the street. There are some big black doors to the building’s immediate left. Go through these – there is a door to the left, just inside the gates. We are here!