Craftsmen,
In December, many of us met in Libertyville at the first 'craftsmanship
summit' with the intent of establishing a set of principles for
Software Craftsmanship. After the summit, the conversations continued
on the mailing list, finally culminating in an elegant summarization
of our thoughts by Doug Bradbury. Today, we put the manifesto up on
the web as a statement of our values as craftsmen. I'm inviting you,
as members of the software craftsmen community, to view the manifesto and, if you
choose, to sign it.
http://manifesto.softwarecraftsmanship.org/This is an exciting time for all of us, a result of the participation
and thoughts of everyone, both at the summit and in the subsequent
discussion online. I want to thank everyone for carrying these ideas
forward.
Best,
Paul Pagel