Sandi Metz Explained

Nationality:	American
Employer:	Duke University

Sandi Metz is an American software engineer and author. She is the author of Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby.^[1] Metz teaches workshops around the country for new and experienced developers, emphasizing good programming habits and practices.

Metz is known for her books and articles on object-oriented programming and her statement regarding the Don't repeat yourself principle, that duplication is cheaper than the wrong abstraction.^[2]

Publications

• Metz, Sandi (September 5, 2012), Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby (First ed.), Addison-Wesley,
• Metz, Sandi & Owen, Katrina (Mar 20, 2017), 99 Bottles of OOP (First ed.), Potato Canyon Software, LLC,

Important concepts elaborated

• SOLID Design principles^[3]
• Test-driven development^[4]
• Dependency injection^[5]

External links

• • RubyConf 2017 Keynote Speech
• Ruby Rogues Interview

Notes and References

1. http://www.informit.com/store/practical-object-oriented-design-in-ruby-an-agile-primer-9780321721334 “Object-Oriented Design in Ruby”
2. Web site: Introducing and Scaling a GraphQL BFF . 2022-10-29 . InfoQ . en.
3. http://confreaks.tv/videos/goruco2009-solid-object-oriented-design “Solid Object Oriented Design - GORUCO 2009”
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URSWYvyc42M "The Magic Tricks of Testing - Rails Conf 2013"
5. http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1946176&seqNum=2 "Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby: Managing Dependencies"