Questions tagged [code-kata]

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Drawbacks of code kata

Code kata is a concept that proposes to hone programmer's skill by doing small problems many times trying to improve the code at each iteration. The name comes from an analogy to martial art kata where forms (aka kata) are practices done over and…
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What are effective ways to introduce the concept of code kata into the workplace?

In your experiences, what are some effective ways to introduce code kata practice into an organization or company? To be clear, I'm not concerned with the usefulness of code kata. I'm interested in methods to introduce this concept to a development…