I have just been on summer vacation on Naxos in Greece, and i brought along uncle Bob´s (Robert C. Martin) book “Clean Code” to read on the beach. A couple weeks earlier i had been to NDC 2009 listening to him talk about what makes a developer or programmer a professional. This, the book  and all the other great sessions on code quality and agile development  got me thinking – what statement can i make as a programmer, developer and software engineer to show the world “I am a professional!” and what would be simple enough to not be constraining?

So, between the great door of Naxos and the mountain of Zeus i wrote down 6 simple guidelines in what i call “The agile developer´s manifesto“. These guidelines will help me improve myself as a developer, software engineer and solution architect.

These are guidelines, not rules that yield punishment if “broken”. I´ll try to follow them in my daily routine and also try to help others see the benefit of them. Continue Reading