2011 Goal 1: Read 5 software development related books
I was a little less ambitious with books in 2011 but that proved to be unnecessary. I joined a book club and that helped to push my total to 11:
The Design of Everyday Things - Donald Norman
Driving Technical Change - Terrence Ryan
Exploring Requirements: Quality Before Design - Donald C. Gause and Gerald M. Weinberg
The Inmates Are Running the Asylum - Alan Cooper
Java: The Good Parts - Jim Waldo
Pragmatic Thinking and Learning - Andy Hunt
The Psychology of Computer Programming - Gerald M. Weinberg
Rest In Practice - Jim Webber, Savas Parastatidis, Ian Robinson
The Soul Of a New Machine - Tracy Kidder
Spring In Action, Third Edition - Craig Walls
Working Effectively with Legacy Code - Michael Feathers
2011 Goal 2: Convert my "broken toy" library app to use Hibernate and Spring
Yes. I created 2 new projects: 1 based on Hibernate, and another based on Spring and Hibernate. I enjoyed learning about the abstractions in these frameworks and I especially enjoyed removing much of the boilerplate/plumbing code I previously wrote. I feel like I've just scratched the surface though, especially as I read the Spring In Action book - each chapter gave me new implementation ideas.
2011 Goal 3: Create a new "broken toy" app to help me keep track of the anniversaries and birthdays of my family and friends
Nope. This will have to be carried forward into 2012.
2011 Goal 4: Write two blog posts a month
Looks like I had a lot to say in 2011, as I created 61 posts! That's almost double my total from 2010. A couple of my favorites:
2011 Goal 5: Take some sort of multi-day software development training
Yes. I took the Core Spring course, and attended the Uber Conference.
One of my unwritten goals for 2011 was to continue pursuing a career that feeds my passion for problem solving, and I was able to further that goal by starting a new developer position.
I'm happy with what I was able to accomplish in 2011.
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Good job!
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