Code Kata, To become a better developer!

'Code Kata', a term coined by Dave Thomas, is an initiative to improve the design skills of the developers. He has come up with a set of common real world problems which we might face in day-to-day programming life. The idea here is that we have to come up with the best possible solutions for the known problems. There are 21 Katas published so far. All the them are really interesting. With the tag line 'How to Become a Better Developer", 'Code Kata' will definitely be of some help to you in becoming a better developer.

How to start?

• Check out the background of Code Kata here.
• Choose a Kata. For beginners, I would suggest Kata Nine - A checkout problem.
  
• Form a group of 4-5 active contributors.
• Come up with a solution for the Kata and discuss the solution across the group and tweak it . There will be many solutions for the given problem. So, this is the trickiest part.
  

-- Varun