Kevlin Henney
Independent consultant, speaker, writer and trainer
Kevlin Henney is a GOTO legend with more than 500k views on the GOTO Youtube channel. He will deliver an honest session about success and failure.
He's an independent consultant, trainer, reviewer and writer best known for being the author of two volumes in the Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture series and editor of 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know and 97 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know.
Kevlin's development interests are in programming, people and practice. He has been a columnist for various magazines and web sites, a contributor to open source software and a member of more committees than is probably healthy (it has been said that "a committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled"). Kevlin also boasts over 500K views on the GOTO Conferences YouTube channel.
He has written on the subject of computer programming and development practice for many magazines and sites, including Better Software, The Register, C/C++ Users Journal, Application Development Advisor, JavaSpektrum, C++ Report, Java Report, EXE and Overload.
One of our favorite quotes by Kevlin: "Less code = less bugs"
Topic focus: Programming, people and practice
Check out some of Kevlin’s past talks:
- GOTO Chicago 2018 - Old Is the New New
- GOTO Amsterdam 2017 - Code as Risk
- GOTO Copenhagen 2016 - Small Is Beautiful
A few of Kevlin’s books:
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Code as Risk
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97 Things Every [Java] Programmer Should Know

32 Book Recommendations for the Holidays

The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets

GOTO Book Club Highlights Part 2

Software Is Details

Structure and Interpretation of Test Cases

#FAIL

#FAIL

Modern Software Practices in a Legacy System

Expert Talk: Cloud Chaos & How Contract Tests Can Help

Simplicity & Complexity: The Beauty & the Beast?

Expert Talk: Scaling Down Complexity in Software

Expert talk: Managing Complexity in Software

Craftsmanship: Code, Guitars & Tech

Expert Talk: Web Development & Its Failures

A Fireside Chat with Hannah Fry, Simon Singh & Kevlin Henney

Expert Talk: Agile Sabotage?

Hydrogen Power: How Far Will It Take Us?

#FAIL

Book signing with Kevlin Henney

97 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know
Kevlin Henney
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