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  <div class="vevent h-event"> <h1 class="summary p-name">FutureTalk with Sandi Metz</h1> <div class='date'><time class="dtstart dt-start" title="2014-02-24T18:00:00" datetime="2014-02-24T18:00:00">Monday, February 24, 2014 from 6</time>–<time class="dtend dt-end" title="2014-02-24T19:00:00" datetime="2014-02-24T19:00:00">7pm</time></div> <div class="location vcard p-location h-card"> <a class="url" href='http://calagator.org/venues/202392091'><span class='fn org p-name'>New Relic</span></a> <div class="adr p-adr h-adr"> <div class="street-address p-street-address">111 SW 5th Avenue, Suite 2700</div> <span class="locality p-locality">Portland</span> , <span class="region p-region">Oregon</span> <span class="postal-code p-postal-code">97204</span> <div class="country-name p-country-name">United States</div> (<a href='https://maps.google.com/maps?q=111%20SW%205th%20Avenue,%20Suite%202700,%20Portland%20Oregon%2097204%20United%20States'>map</a>) </div> </div> <div class="description p-description"> <h2>An exploration of the purpose of rules ...</h2> <p>We're iconoclasts who reject arbitrary constraints yet long for understandable, predictable, changeable applications. We want code that follows rules yet we refuse to let rules to get in our way. We're deeply attached to the little rules that help get things done (No trailing whitespace! Indent using two spaces!) and despise the big, complicated ones that impose one-size-fits-all straitjackets on otherwise sane programming problems.</p> <p>This talk proposes 5 'little' rules for writing object-oriented code. These rules are determinedly simple yet produce code that experts love and novices can be trusted to change; they fill the space between anarchy and order with practical, common sense. The rules guide without impeding, help without hindering and constrain without binding, and let you create applications that are easy to change and fun to work their whole life long.</p> <p><em>This is the 4th event in a series of free monthly FutureTalks from disruptive Developers, innovative Technologists and world-changing Creatives. Doors open at 5:30p for food, drinks and networking. The presentation will begin right at 6p.</em></p> <p>Please RSVP via Eventbrite <a href="http://bit.ly/1dlKC91">HERE</a></p> <p><em>Sandi Metz is a programmer. In the past 30+ years she has written innumerable applications, many of which are still running today. Dealing with long lived applications has left her deeply biased towards practical solutions that produce working software that is easy to change. She is also someone who explains things, but has difficulty speaking without drawing on the whiteboard and feels inarticulate unless the conversation includes at least three colors. She believes in simplicity; simple code, and straightforward explanations, and strives for it in her code and in her writing.</em></p> <p><em>You can follow her on Twitter @sandimetz or at sandimetz.com</em></p> <p>› FutureTalk is brought to you by New Relic in collaboration with <a href="http://www.piepdx.com">PIE</a> and <a href="http://www.techoregon.org">TAO</a></p> </div> </div>