using Pokemon to catch all code smells
summary
Claims that converting common Ruby code smells into doodled Pokemon code-smells (grouped by category and mapped to Fowler/Industrial Logic refactorings) makes them easier to learn and apply, and that simple notebook drawings were used as the primary tool. Cites a Waterloo experiment where doodlers remember twice as many words and statistics that images are processed far faster and supply ~90% of incoming info. Shows many hand-drawn smell characters, reports improved recall and reduced stress.
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chapters (28)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:10Meet Melanie
- 7:50Pokemon
- 8:30Idea
- 8:50Dispensables
- 9:25Data Class Container
- 9:40Duplicate Code
- 10:15Sleep sore
- 10:30Speculative
- 10:57Change Preventers
- 11:15Change Methods
- 11:30Shotgun Surgery
- 11:55Bloaters
- 12:15Data clumps
- 12:40Prometrion
- 13:10Fency
- 13:45Intimacy
- 14:25Middleman
- 14:45Switchzilla
- 15:10Refusion
- 15:45Same Clops
- 16:35More Research
- 16:45Memory Recall
- 18:10Benefits of doodling
- 18:50Side view of brain
- 19:35Visual data processing
- 20:20Law of Demeter
- 21:10Doodle it
