Summary: <div> <div>Guest:</div> <div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://blog.mattwynne.net/">Matt Wynne</a></div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/mattwynne">@mattwynne</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="podcast-episode"> <div class="podcast-summary"> <h3></h3> <p>Matt Wynne talks with Dave Rael about communicating with programmers and business experts, working on things that really matter, and building something worthy of the effort</p> <p>Matt Wynne is the lead developer for Cucumber, the popular Open-Source acceptance testing tool. He’s the author of The Cucumber Book, and in 2013 he cofounded Cucumber Limited with Aslak Hellesøy and Julien Biezemans. Their company supports the open-source platform by offering training, consulting, coaching around BDD, lean and agile software development.</p> </div> <div class="podcast-chapters"> <h6>Chapters:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="#!"> - Dave introduces the show and Matt Wynne</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The nature and benefits of Cucumber</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - "The Three Amigos" in the Cucumber Book and the constraints of the book</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Cucumber School video course series</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Matt's definition of value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that "light Matt up" and why technology takes a back seat</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Contrasting the intents of programming languages and designs</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Quotable quote - "We try and hold on to the problem domain as long as possible."</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Matt's stories of failure, technology focus instead of problem focus, "solution looking for a problem"</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Matt's greatest success story, Cucumber and following your heart and passion</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Matt stays current with what he needs to know</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The value of social interaction and just having a conversation</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that have Matt most excited about his present and future</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Matt's top 3 tips for delivering more value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Keeping up with Matt</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Farewell</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-resources"> <h6>Resources:</h6> <a href="http://blog.mattwynne.net/" target="_blank">Matt's Blog</a> - currently inactive, but with some older gems<br><a href="https://cucumber.io/blog" target="_blank">The Cucumber Blog<br></a><a href="https://pragprog.com/book/hwcuc/the-cucumber-book" target="_blank">The Cucumber Book</a> - Matt and Aslak Hellesøy<br><a href="https://cucumber.io/" target="_blank">Cucumber</a> - The open-source tool and the business<br><a href="https://cucumber.io/school" target="_blank">Cucumber School</a> - Fantastic video resource for doing BDD using Cucumber - remember to use discount code developer-on-fire for 30% off </div> <div class="podcast-book-recommendation"> <h6>Matt's book recommendation:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0735619654/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Object Thinking - David West</a></li> </ul> </div> <h6>Matt's top 3 tips for delivering more value:</h6> <ol> <li>Don't be afraid to be stupid</li> <li>Be ok with taking real feedback from people and listen</li> <li>Get into the thing you are creating</li> </ol> <div class="podcast-chapters"> <h6></h6> </div> </div>
