Retrospectives help us understand the actions that we need to take in order to be more effective.
- Content fit the schedule perfectly (leisurely pace with plenty of time for questions)
- 1st & 2nd topic 09:00 - 10:30 (15' break)
- 3rd & 4th topic 10:45 - 12:00 (60' lunch break)
- 5th & 6th topic 13:00 - 14:30 (15' break)
- 7th & 8th topic 14:45 - 15:45
- Applications
- They were simple and effective, trainees liked them
- Hosted slides
- People could browse slides on their laptops, at their own pace. Rescued us from the white text on dark background mistake.
- cf login on Windows
- Run in Command Prompt, won't work in a terminal emulator.
- git on Windows
- Install with the Command Prompt option, otherwise it won't work in cmd.
- Dark backgrounds
- Hosted slides saved the day, projectors and dark backgrounds never work
- Small font sizes in web apps
- Text on web apps was impossible to read from the back of the room.
- Too much cf command output on the slides
- Use the terminal for that, respect the restriction imposed by the larger font size.
- Not mirroring displays
- While it was helpful to have the speaker notes on the secondary display, typing commands in a window on the projector was terrible.
- Text for features was too small
- They were important but hardly visible.
- Dark background on the code editor
- Even though we had very few code edits, the dark background made it difficult to see what was happening.
- Make the git in Terminal or Command Prompt on Windows a training pre-requisite.
- Use black text on white background throughout the slides.
- Use black text on white background in your code editor.
- Make the Reveal.js theme code font-size bigger. Reduce cf command output.
- Increase base font-size in web apps.
- Mirror displays when delivering the training.