Testing and Debugging Slack Apps

Presented at the Slack Dev Meetup October 26, 2016

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1. Testing and Debugging
   Slack Apps
   Slack Devs Meetup
   Mike Brevoort
   25 October 2016
   

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2. Mike Brevoort
   CTO, Robots & Pencils
   GM, Beep Boop
   @mbrevoort
   robotsandpencils.com
   beepboophq.com
   

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4. Our Journey
   

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8. To weather the
   storm…
   

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9. Build on a strong
   foundation
   

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10. Events API
    The Events API makes it easier to develop
    and deploy Slack integrations at scale.
    The socket based RTM API has its
    advantages but imposes an impedance
    mismatch between the rest of the Slack
    platform, which is entirely HTTP based.
    

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13. Testing bots is a lot like
    web apps
    A complex moving target
    Make underlying
    components discreet
    and testable
    

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14. “Program testing can be
    a very effective way to
    show the presence of
    bugs, but is hopelessly
    inadequate for showing
    their absence.
    – Edsger Dijkstra
    

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15. Test suites
    consider the
    expected.
    What about the
    unexpected?
    

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17. Monitor changes in
    behavior
    

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18. Per team testing
    

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19. Activity and Insights
    

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20. The end of the road
    

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21. Follow up questions
    and comments:
    @mbrevoort mike.brevoort@robotsandpencils.com
    https://robotsandpencils.com
    @robotsNpencils
    Robots & Pencils
    https://beepboophq.com
    @BeepBoopHQ
    Beep Boop
    

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