Tue Oct 13 21:24:46 BST 2009
Following a link from a colleague on passionate programming the other day I came across this set of so-called code kata from Dave Thomas, one of the authors of the famous book The Pragmatic Programmer.
The idea of Dave's set of katas is simple -- much as with a karate kata they're designed as short exercises for the assiduous pupil to explore the form and substance of their respective field as part of a process of self-improvement. In many ways the idea seems similar to e.g. Jon Bentley's Programming Pearls, but it's always nice to have another set of exercises to pit ones wits against.