Another session packed day kicked off by a rousing keynote from Robert C. Martin of Object Mentor Inc. entitled “Software Professionalism and the Art of Saying “No”. Robert touted a common sense approach to developing tests and software (and the order is important here). Being in the software industry for so long most/all of his generic quotes from management sounded very familiar and after each one Chris and I looked at each other and smiled.
The day continued with the same intensity as the preceding 3 days culminating in the closing session where the conference was wrapped up and the winners of prizes announced. Unexpectedly, I won a prize (looking like a real geek) for voter feedback; having been to many conferences I liked the system of soliciting feedback at Eclipsecon, making use of the +1, 0, -1 voting system.
This was my first ever Eclipsecon and the Eclipse Foundation Conference Committee organized a fantastic event in my opinion. Now I’ll have to try and get to Eclipse Summit Europe, just to see how they follow that.