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The Real Reasons for Doing Test-Driven Development ??

Xebia

Why do people apply TDD? Here’s a secret: it’s not for the tests. Learn about the actual goal and values hidden under the surface of Test-Driven Development. What Are the Real Reasons for Doing TDD? Test-Driven Development (TDD) is a controversial topic amongst developers. Feedback on what?

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QA Wolf exits stealth with an end-to-end service for software testing

TechCrunch

QA Wolf , a cloud-based platform designed to detect bugs in software, today exited stealth and announced a $20 million funding round led by Inspired Capital with participation from Notation Capital, Operator Partners and Thiel Capital and several angel investors (among them Peter Thiel). Neither, obviously, are very desirable scenarios.

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Finding a New Software Developer Job

Henrik Warne

For the first time ever, I was laid off, and had to find a new software developer job. The quality of the roles was about the same as I normally get (albeit at a much higher rate) – some I really liked, some were OK, and some were definitely not for me. Reflections Times are definitely harder now compared to the previous decade.

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FaceCode: The DEFINITIVE Way Of Conducting Coding Interviews

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

Non-standardized, subjective evaluations due to lack of preparation time: From our conversations with multiple hiring managers and recruiters, we realized that ‘prep time’ is a misnomer. We believe all coding interviews should be OBJECTIVE and SKILL-BASED. FaceCode is like noise cancellation for your coding interviews.

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5 ways to do Continuously Improved Testing

Xebia

In many organizations, automated testing lags behind and becomes a bottleneck for successful continuous delivery. Either tests do not provide enough confidence or companies take a very traditional approach, resulting in releases either introducing substantial risks or becoming costly. These principles tell us our tests should be: Fast.

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How Anthropic’s new ‘computer use’ ability could further AI automation

CIO

The new ability, which the company is calling “computer use,” is currently in beta test. Sonnet needs definitions of the tools and software on the computer it will operate, and authorization to access them. When it comes to software development — another of Claude 3.5 Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Key to that is Claude 3.5

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TDD: Three easy mistakes

Habitable Code

Back in 2014 I wrote a blog post listing three mistakes often made by folks who are new to test-driven development (TDD). Each time I visit a team that is relatively new to TDD I find the same basic mistakes cropping up every time. Writing tests for invented requirements. This is part 1.