TDD for the Rest of Us

Test Driven Development (TDD) is a fundamental engineering practice for high-quality and easily adaptable software development. It's use is usually tied to Agile software development, though its origin is actually in a set of principles knows as eXtreme Programming. But what is Test Driven Development? And what makes it such a great tool?

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1. TDD for the Rest of Us 1 Friday, March 16, 12
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3. pillartechnology.com @hoodja http://linkedin.com/in/hoodja James Hood “geek dood” 3 Friday, March 16, 12
4. Write a test Watch it fail Write just enough code to make it work Watch it pass Refactor What is Test Driven Development? 4 Friday, March 16, 12
5. MORE EXPENSIVE This will be 5 Friday, March 16, 12
6. SLOW DOWN This will cause us to 6 Friday, March 16, 12
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8. TDD & encourages simple designs inspires confidence. “ ” 8 Friday, March 16, 12
9. eXtreme Programming http://www.extremeprogramming.org/ 9 Friday, March 16, 12
10. Feedback 10 Friday, March 16, 12
11. Feedback Release 10 Friday, March 16, 12
12. Feedback Sprint Release 10 Friday, March 16, 12
13. Feedback Stand Up Sprint Release 10 Friday, March 16, 12
14. Feedback Stories Stand Up Sprint Release 10 Friday, March 16, 12
15. Test Driven Development Feedback: 45 - 90 seconds 11 Friday, March 16, 12
16. Treat as a Liability work in progress (WIP) rather than an asset. “ ” 12 Friday, March 16, 12
17. Early 13 Friday, March 16, 12
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19. TDD speculation fights against and over-engineering. “ ” 15 Friday, March 16, 12
20. 16 Friday, March 16, 12
21. Late 17 Friday, March 16, 12
22. Complex Machine 18 Friday, March 16, 12
23. Complex Machine 18 Friday, March 16, 12
24. Complex Machine 18 Friday, March 16, 12
25. Complex Machine In prod for months... needs some enhancements 18 Friday, March 16, 12
26. Complex Machine outsourced In prod for months... needs some enhancements 18 Friday, March 16, 12
27. Complex Machine outsourced off-shore development In prod for months... needs some enhancements 18 Friday, March 16, 12
28. Complex Machine outsourced off-shore development no way to get ahold of any of the previous team In prod for months... needs some enhancements 18 Friday, March 16, 12
29. Complex Machine outsourced off-shore development no way to get ahold of any of the previous team In prod for months... needs some enhancements 18 Friday, March 16, 12
30. Complex Machine 19 Friday, March 16, 12
31. Complex Machine 20 Friday, March 16, 12
32. Complex Machine 20 Friday, March 16, 12
33. TDD Safety Net builds a tight-knit around an application. “ ” 21 Friday, March 16, 12
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35. Not Just for Units! Unit Tests Integration Tests System Tests Acceptance Tests 23 Friday, March 16, 12
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37. It’s All About Risk Early Allowing visions to drive direction, not dictate detail During Providing quick feedback on the here-and-now Late Leaving an executable declaration of what was built 25 Friday, March 16, 12
38. It’s Easy - Just Get Started! 26 Friday, March 16, 12
39. Test Driven Development 27 Friday, March 16, 12
40. Test Driven Development Design 27 Friday, March 16, 12
41. Test Driven Development by Example - Beck Video: Test Driven Development - Beck Agile Testing - Crispin, Gregory Resources 28 Friday, March 16, 12