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About the Book
Rhetoric is dead.
Politicians killed it.
This books reclaims rhetoric for programmers.
A tool no developer can live without.
Contents
- Chapter 1: Rhetoric is dead.
- Chapter 2: The Greek programmers
- 2.1 Talking
- 2.2 The Rhetorical programming language
- 2.3 Pair programming
- 2.4 Rhetorical fallacies in code
- Chapter 3: Rhetoric & Work.
- 3.1 Brown paper bags
- 3.2 Show and tell
- 3.3 Tech Blog
- 3.4 Decisions
- 3.5 Retrospectives
- 3.6 Money
- Chapter 4: Rhetoric & Conferences.
- 4.1 Proposal
- 4.2 Promotion
- 4.3 The talk
- 4.4 Post talk
- Chapter 5: Rhetoric & Opensource.
- 5.1 Framework X
- 5.2 The best programming language in the world
- 5.3 Blogs
- 5.4 Ivory tower & the bazzar
- Chapter 6: Conflict
- Chapter 7: Rhetoric Katas
- 7.1 Diversion
- 7.2 Debate club in the pub
- 7.3 Rhetorical fallacies, got to catch them all.
- Chapter 8: Rhetoric is alive
About the Author
Joseph Wilk is a speaker and a problem solver. He has spoken at over 30 conferences all over the world and currently works as a senior developer at the SoundCloud helping shape the future of music.