Episode 254 | Paul Rayner - Explore DDD

Guest: Paul Rayner @thepaulrayner Paul Rayner talks with Dave Rael about refactoring, learning a domain, Domain-Driven Design, and his Explore DDD Conference in Denver, Colorado USA in September 2017 Paul Rayner is one of the world’s leading Domain-Driven Design (DDD) practitioners. He is a developer, instructor, coach and popular conference speaker. He co-founded DDD Denver and is founder and chairman of the Explore DDD Conference. His company Virtual Genius LLC, provides training and coaching in DDD for agile teams. Paul is from Perth, Australia, but chooses to live, work and play with his wife and two children, in Denver, Colorado. He (occasionally) blogs at thepaulrayner.com and tweets with an Australian accent at @ThePaulRayner. Chapters: 2:43 - Dave introduces the show and Paul Rayner3:55 - Paul's last couple years5:54 - Refactoring to Deeper Insight: Lessons Learned Applying DDD to Large Scale11:17 - Layers and loops of refactoring, specification, and testing and the danger of coupling acceptance testing to the implementation14:45 - The Test Pyramid17:20 - The struggle of design and refactoring19:58 - Getting organizational buy-in on refactorings24:09 - Organizing the Explore DDD Conference29:10 - Landing mind-blowingly wonderful speakers31:41 - Who should attend Explore DDD?34:17 - The core nature of Domain-Driven Design42:29 - Parting thoughts regarding Explore DDD Resources: Explore DDD Conference Example Mapping - Matt Wynne Matt Wynne on Developer On Fire EventStorming Refactoring to Deeper Insight: Lessons Learned Applying DDD to Large Scale The Test Pyramid Nexia Home Refactoring Golf JP Boodhoo Rebecca Wirfs-Brock on Developer On Fire Ward Cunningham on Developer On Fire Paul's First Appearance on Developer On Fire Paul's book recommendation: Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software - Eric Evans Refactoring to Patterns - Joshua Kerievsky Working Effectively with Legacy Code - Michael Feathers The Mikado Method - Ola Ellnestam Paul's top 3 tips for delivering more value: