This video was recorded at Code Mesh LDN 19 - http://bit.ly/37xc3Nr Get involved in Code Sync's next conference - http://bit.ly/2Mcm4aS --- LITERARY THEORY LOOKS AT READABLE CODE by Alvaro Videla THIS TALK IN THREE WORDS: Language Literary Theory Programming TALK LEVEL: Intermediate ABSTRACT Programming is a human communication activity. We want to minimize misunderstandings in our code to be able to work effectively as teams. This means we need to learn how to look at our code to spot areas where we could improve our communication skills. We want to get our ideas across. We want that our abstractions, our models, make sense to others. Literature is a discipline with a long track record of authors and researchers trying to find out how to make writing communication effective. What could we learn from them? In this talk, Alvaro explores the relation between the process of writing computer programs with that of writing literary works of fiction. In particular he wants to show some ideas presented by Umberto Eco in his book Lector in Fabula, seeing how we can improve knowledge sharing via our code, tests, documentation, and other artifacts. Slides & full abstract: https://codesync.global/speaker/alvaro-videla/ --- THE SPEAKER - ALVARO VIDELA Co-author of RabbitMQ in Action Member of the Azure advocates’ team at Microsoft. DuraznoConf organizer. Coauthor of RabbitMQ in Action. Ex  - Ex RabbitMQ Core Dev. More on Alvaro Videla: https://codesync.global/speaker/alvaro-videla/ --- CODE SYNC & CODE MESH LDN 19 Code Mesh LDN is powered by Code Sync. Code Mesh LDN 19 was sponsored by WhatsApp, Microsoft, Erlang Solutions, Juxt, aeternity, Duffel, and IOHK. CODE SYNC Website: www.codesync.global Twitter: www.twitter.com/CodeMeshIO Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CodeSyncGlobal LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/code-sync/ Mail: info at codesync.global #LiteraryTheory #Programming #Language