Pause your TDD, for just a moment...

Test Driven Development is widely accepted as the core tool for responsible software development practice. But when does flexing the TDD muscle hurt more than it helps?

In a high-intensity, fast paced work environment (like a startup), you can get serious speed gains by knowing when to put away the TDD toolset and to and revisit it later on.

What should we do when code is intentionally built to be short lived? What if there’s risk in building the feature itself? Or if a feature is an experiment with customers? Is it worthwhile taking the time to TDD?

We take a look at when TDD is no longer a necessity for building good code.

Transcript

1. PA U S E Y O U R T D D F O R J U S T A M O M E N T … @ M A J O R P U F F O
2. S O F T WA R E D E V: M E S S Y A N D I M P E R F E C T
3. W H AT I T F E E L S L I K E I N A S TA RT U P…
4. F R E E FA L L O R C O N T R O L L E D D E S C E N T ?
5. W E H AV E U N C O N V E N T I O N A L B U T P O W E R F U L T O O L S AT O U R D I S P O S A L
6. W H AT M A K E S F O R G O O D C O D E ?
7. W H AT M A K E S F O R G O O D C O D E ?
8. T D D / B D D I S E X C E L L E N T F O R : • YAGNI • Collaboration • Clarity of Thought • Beauty • Confidence Lowering Risk of Bugs Improving Quality Maintaining Longevity
9. S TA R T U P T E C H I E S : W H AT K E E P S T H E M A WA K E AT N I G H T ? • Will customers even care and pay for this? • What the hell do those pesky clients actually want? • How much time do we have? • Is this the most important thing to do right now? • Is this the right approach? • What’s coming up next? • What can we throw away / recycle / re-use?
10. S TA R T U P T E C H I E S : N E E D T O C O N S I D E R Lowering Risk of Bugs Improving Quality Maintaining Longevity Ridiculous Uncertainty Ridiculous Timeframes
11. S P I K E & S TA B I L I S E R E I N T R O D U C I N G :
12. S TA R T U P T E C H I E S : H A N D L E R I D I C U L O U S N E S S F I R S T Lowering Risk of Bugs Improving Quality Maintaining Longevity Ridiculous Uncertainty Ridiculous Timeframes
13. S TA R T U P T E C H I E S : H A N D L E R I D I C U L O U S N E S S F I R S T • YAGNI • Collaboration • Clarity of Thought • Beauty • Confidence Lowering Risk of Bugs Improving Quality Maintaining Longevity
15. S P I K E & S TA B I L I S E : TA C K L E U N C E RTA I N T Y F I R S T A N D B U I L D C O N F I D E N C E
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