Back to [[conference:committee:2015-proposals]]\\ \\ **Title**: The Responsible Developer\\ **Proposer**: [[2015:Thomas Sundberg]]\\ **Type**: Presentation\\ **Duration**: 45 mins\\ **Description**: \\ Developers are the translators between ideas and code. They translate ideas about functionality to code so the end users can benefit from a usable program. This translation has to be done in a careful and responsible way. It should be done by a responsible developer.\\ \\ What is a responsible developer then?\\ \\ It is a developer that writes clean, testable and maintainable code. A developer who can explain and describe his work. Someone that knows that he grows by helping his fellow developers and never settles for second best.\\ \\ I will discuss the properties of a responsible developer and suggest ways you can improve to become a responsible developer.\\ \\ \\ \\