This document provides 10 fashion tips analogous to programming tips: 1) Focus on confidence and personality over small flaws like programmers focus on content. 2) Accessories can enhance an outfit like additional programming elements. 3) Validate an outfit is appropriate like validating web forms. 4) Have a dynamic wardrobe that changes like dynamic websites.

1. 10 Fashion Tips You Can Learn from Programming

2. You should do a presentation on ‘How Geeks Can Dress Better’

3. How is this a tip/trick? Seeing Connections/Patterns! Fashion ---------- Programming 2. Dress nicer  More self-esteem  Dopamine Squirt  Happiness  More Productive at Work

4. 1. Content is Still King 90% of your style is what you think of yourself! Make yourself interesting! The more you like yourself, the better you will look and the more the world will forgive your fashion faux-pas.

5. In fact, you might even set a trend… OR NOT.

6. When content is weak… …people/paparazzi are not so forgiving.

7. 2. Bells and Whistles Accessories can really spice up an outfit depending on the occasion. Much like elements such as CSS, javascript libraries, flash, etc. can add to a website.

9. WCIT Rocks the Hats

10. 3. Validation Whereas web forms might need several types of validation, Fashion only requires you to ask yourself one thing…

11. Will my outfit land me on People of Walmart?

12. 4. Be Dynamic! The days of the static web are gone. And as a human being, your “content” is constantly changing. Let it show in your wardrobe!

13. Buy that snuggie, wear that wig, brave those wild sunglasses, wear that Hawaiian shirt!

14. 5. Remember to Upgrade Sometimes certain styles, like certain tags in a programming language, are deprecated for very good reasons.

15. 1980s glasses

16. Anything worn by MC Hammer in the 80s

17. Still Too Legit to Quit

18. 6. Fashion Review Sometimes we are too attached or involved in our own fashion to be able to see our mistakes – like coding. Code Reviews  Fashion Reviews

19. Ask a fashion-savvy friend

20. 7. Vintage Can Be Good! Sometimes we reuse other people’s code… And sometimes we reuse other people’s clothes! Vintage = affordable, unique

21. Sometimes it can be bad… CHOOSE WISELY

22. 8. The Importance of Layers MODEL  VIEW  CONTROLLER HTML  CSS  PHP/COLDFUSION/?? SQL UNDERSHIRT  SHIRT  JACKET  SCARF 

23. LAYERS = VERSATILITY!

24. 9. Use Your Conditionals! IF occasion = wedding Setcurrent.outfit = classy ELSE IF occasion = party Set current.outfit = fun ELSE IF occasion = dinner with the in-laws Setcurrent.outfit = armor & shield END IF

25. My First Conditional IF Erin parties this weekend Set tiredness level on Monday = extreme Set Erin’s beverage on Monday = red bull ELSE IF Erin sleeps this weekend Set tiredness level on Monday = mild Set Erin’s beverage on Monday = green tea END IF

26. It can apply to more than just occasions If I wear shirt A, I can wear pants A, OR pants B, OR skirt A END IF

27. 10. Express Yourself! Everyone adds their own unique touch to their websites and applications. Go forth and do the same!

28. Learn from Master Scott…