Add TDD to your Toolbox (Agile Tour 2014 Philadelphia)

Introduction to TDD, test-driven development. Not included is a live coding demonstration of TDD in practice. Look at the link on the last slide for videos of other people doing TDD.

Presented at the 2014 Agile Tour in Philadelphia, PA

Transcript

1. Add TDD to your toolbox an introduction for beginners Audrey Troutt @auditty
2. Audrey Troutt @auditty What is TDD? Test-Driven Development
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4. Read more: http://bit.ly/1foLebI Audrey Troutt @auditty
5. Materials needed: Source code Unit testing framework Understanding of requirements Audrey Troutt @auditty
6. Simple Case: There’s a bug Audrey Troutt @auditty
7. Use Case: From the Ground Up Audrey Troutt @auditty
8. Audrey Troutt @auditty Read more: http://bit.ly/1Bs2h70
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10. Pros: • More tests • More testable code • Discover missing requirements sooner • Uncover novel designs • Increased quality • Refactor/add on with confidence • Doesn’t generally take more time • May start conversations Cons: • First time setup of test framework takes extra time • Not always practical (if requirements are not well defined) • Makes changing object model harder • May start conversations Audrey Troutt @auditty
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12. Practice http://codekata.com/ Learn from others http://katas.softwarecraftsmanship.org/ Audrey Troutt @auditty