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Article: How to Spread Technical Practices Like TDD in an Organization

InfoQ Culture Methods

One of the success factors for Agile and DevOps is developers changing the way they work and adopting practices like Test-Driven Development (TDD). It’s not something that just happens by itself, and many of the “usual” ways of introducing change fail for TDD. By Emily Bache.

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Agile Book Club: Test-Driven Development (with Mike “GeePaw” Hill and J.B. Rainsberger)

James Shore

Test-Driven Development is one of the few truly new Agile ideas. In this session, we’re joined by two folks with decades of TDD experience: Mike “GeePaw” Hill and J. In this session, we’re joined by two folks with decades of TDD experience: Mike “GeePaw” Hill and J. Test-Driven Development. ?? Fast, Reliable Tests. ??

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Don't Measure Unit Test Code Coverage

James Shore

If you're using test-driven development, don't measure unit test code coverage. To improve code and test practices. If you're trying to improve your team's coding and testing practices, perform root-cause analysis 1 of escaped defects, then improve your design and process to prevent that sort of defect from happening again.

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Article: The Value and Purpose of a Test Coach

InfoQ Culture Methods

Introducing business-oriented automated testing can involve a huge cultural change. For this we really need a Test Coach role, just like we have agile coaches and scrum masters.

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6 Talks We’re Excited to Hear This Year at the Kansas City Developer Conference

OverOps

Building Quality JavaScript With Test-Driven Development. Have you let testing fall to the wayside? This half-day intermediate-level workshop addresses and abolishes the frustration so often associated with Test-Driven Development. But there is a better way, as outlined in this session by Competence Coach Hannes Lowette.

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Don't Measure Unit Test Code Coverage

James Shore

If you're using test-driven development, don't measure unit test code coverage. To improve code and test practices. If you're trying to improve your team's coding and testing practices, perform root-cause analysis 1 of escaped defects, then improve your design and process to prevent that sort of defect from happening again.

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Misconceptions with Test Driven Development

Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

import Figure from '@/components/global/figure.astro'; import TestXs from 'src/content/blog/misconceptions-with-test-driven-development/images/test-xs.jpg'; In the past few weeks I've heard several misconceptions raised about Test Driven Development: Does TDD really work? The later is an interesting question.