The Forest & The Desert Are Parallel Universes • Kent Beck

This presentation was recorded at GOTO Copenhagen 2025.
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Kent Beck - Software Engineer & Creator of Extreme Programming

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ABSTRACT
So close and yet so far. We see similar behaviors in The Forest & The Desert, but with opposite meanings. Similar words but opposite meanings. Superficially similar goals but working out at completely different scales.

What is The Forest? What is The Desert? Why are they so different, despite the similarities? And how can we get from crumbs to cake and stay there? [...]

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RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Kent Beck • Tidy First? • https://amzn.to/4gscjjK
Kent Beck & Cynthia Andres • Extreme Programming Explained • https://amzn.to/3sBASDG
Kent Beck • Test Driven Development • https://amzn.to/3U4AXLs
Kent Beck, Fowler, John, William, Don & Gamma • Refactoring • https://amzn.to/3SFBYbN
Kent Beck • Implementation Patterns • https://amzn.to/3sBlCGL

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