TDD for NUS Hackers

Given on 10th February 2012.

Contains strong opinions and a couple of swears.

Transcript

1. this is why we test and you should too
2. hello. @andycroll andycroll.com andy@impulseflyer.com andycroll@me.com
3. the way to build software they don’t show you in school ‘cos they don’t know
4. imagine all the people... not clicking through their whole websites when they deploy
5. agile scrum kanban extreme programming tdd bdd simply be a fucking professional
6. it’s actually simple specify what the code should do then make it do that
7. then do it again and again
8. now a demo
9. red green refactor
10. unit tests for your models integration tests for the whole stack
11. engage your brain before your hands
12. break a big problem down into pieces manageable brain chunks write the api first better, simpler code first time
13. naming things more important than you think code as documentation
14. confidence coding has rhythm immediate feedback protect against breakage you become a craftsman
15. ruby Test::Unit MiniTest RSpec java JUnit JBehave Jtest python PyUnit DocTest
16. come to this reddotrubyconf.com @reddotrubyconf $99