It's Not Just About Tests

Talk about Test Driven Development (TDD). Addressing concepts that state that TDD is much more than write tests to the code.

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1. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT TESTS
   RAPHAEL AMORIM
   

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2. WHAT’S SOFTWARE
   TEST?
   FIRST THINGS FIRST
   

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3. 1. SOFTWARE TESTING IS A PROCESS OF
   EXECUTING A PROGRAM OR
   APPLICATION WITH THE INTENT OF FINDING
   THE SOFTWARE BUGS.
   

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4. 2. PROCESS OF VALIDATING AND VERIFYING
   THAT A SOFTWARE PROGRAM OR
   APPLICATION OR PRODUCT.
   

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5. 3. IN SHORT:
   THERE ARE SEVERAL TYPES/
   METHODOLOGIES OF SOFTWARE TESTING.
   

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6. 3. IN SHORT:
   THERE ARE SEVERAL TYPES/
   METHODOLOGIES OF SOFTWARE TESTING.
   E.G:
   UNIT TESTS,
   INTEGRATION TESTS,
   OPERATIONAL ACCEPTANCE TESTS…
   

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7. BUT WHY TEST MY SOFTWARE ?
   

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8. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT TESTS
   WHY SOFTWARE TESTS?
   ▸ To ensure that what we create does what it’s supposed to do.
   

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9. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT TESTS
   WHY SOFTWARE TESTS?
   ▸ To ensure that what we create does what it’s supposed to do.
   ▸ “Something that works when one person is using it may not work when
   hundreds of people are using it”.
   

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10. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT TESTS
    WHY SOFTWARE TESTS?
    ▸ To ensure that what we create does what it’s supposed to do.
    ▸ “Something that works when one person is using it may not work when
    hundreds of people are using it”.
    ▸ We owe it to our users and ourselves to deliver the best application we can.
    

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11. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT TESTS
    WHY SOFTWARE TESTS?
    ▸ To ensure that what we create does what it’s supposed to do.
    ▸ “Something that works when one person is using it may not work when
    hundreds of people are using it”.
    ▸ We owe it to our users and ourselves to deliver the best application we can.
    ▸ Tests means Quality.
    

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12. WE'LL NOT TALK ABOUT TESTS.
    WE'LL TALK ABOUT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
    

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13. TEST DRIVEN
    DEVELOPMENT
    SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
    PROCESS
    

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14. HOWEVER, TDD IS NOT THE "ONLY ONE"
    ( BDD, CDD, DDD, MDD, FDD, ATDD,
    AND THE OTHER DOUBLE D’S )
    

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15. IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT TESTS
    TDD CYCLE
    

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16. “ FOLK WISDOM IN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEACHES
    THAT INTERFACES SHOULDN'T BE UNDULY INFLUENCED BY
    IMPLEMENTATIONS. WRITING A TEST FIRST IS A CONCRETE
    WAY TO ACHIEVE THIS SEPARATION. ”
    Kent Beck,
    Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change
    IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT TESTS
    

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17. “ IF IT'S HARD TO BE TESTED,
    SORRY YOUR CODE DESIGN IS WRONG. ”
    Raphael Amorim,
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    IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT TESTS
    

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18. TEST DRIVEN
    DEVELOPMENT
    “ The Bad Parts ”
    

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19. EXTRA DEVELOPMENT
    REQUIRED
    

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20. MISUSE OF MOCK
    OBJECTS
    

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21. MISUSE OF MOCK
    OBJECTS
    http://martinfowler.com/articles/mocksArentStubs.html
    Mocks Aren’t Stubs
    http://blog.testdouble.com/posts/2014-01-25-the-failures-of-intro-to-tdd.html
    The Failures of "Intro to TDD"
    

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22. TEST DRIVEN
    DEVELOPMENT
    “ The Good Parts ”
    

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23. NO MORE BUGS INTO
    PRODUCTION
    

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24. ALMOST NO BUGS INTO
    PRODUCTION
    Back to Reality:
    

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25. TEST DRIVEN
    DEVELOPMENT
    “ The AWESOME Parts ”
    

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26. GREAT API DESIGN
    

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27. ++DOCUMENTATION
    

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28. HIGH SPEED DEBUGGING
    

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29. ENCOURAGES SOLID DESIGN
    

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30. TDD IS NOT FOR EVERYONE
    

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31. TDD IS NOT FOR EVERYONE
    http://claysnow.co.uk/to-tdd-or-not-to-tdd/
    To TDD or not to TDD? That is not the question
    

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32. “ TDD IS NOT EASY, IT TAKES TIME TO LEARN AND GET
    RIGHT AND THERE IS A RISK THAT IT COULD BE A TIME SINK
    FOR A PROJECT IF THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT TEAM DOES
    NOT BUY INTO ITS USAGE. ”
    Bradley Braithwaite,
    TDD: It's not just about the Tests
    IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT TESTS
    

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33. WHERE TO START
    

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34. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT TESTS
    ▸ The ThreeRules Of Tdd 

    ( http://butunclebob.com/ArticleS.UncleBob.TheThreeRulesOfTdd )
    ▸ Test Driven Development: By Example

    ( http://www.amazon.com/Test-Driven-Development-By-Example/dp/
    0321146530 )
    ▸ Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests

    ( http://www.amazon.com/Growing-Object-Oriented-Software-Guided-Tests/dp/
    0321503627 )
    ▸ Test-Driven Development: A Practical Guide: A Practical Guide

    ( http://www.amazon.com/Test-Driven-Development-Practical-Guide/dp/
    0131016490 )
    

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35. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT TESTS
    ▸ TDD no Mundo Real (PT-BR)

    ( http://tddnomundoreal.com.br/ )
    

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36. “ THANK YOU! ”
    - @RAPHAMUNDI
    

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37. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT TESTS
    REFERENCES
    ▸ Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change, 2000 - Kent Beck.
    ▸ TDD: It's not just about the Tests, 2012 - Bradley Braithwaite
    ▸ 5 Reasons We Need Software Testing, 2014 - Cullyn Thomson
    

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