James Shore

APRIL 13, 2022

Test-Driven Development is one of the few truly new Agile ideas. Test-Driven Development. ?? Fast, Reliable Tests. ?? He’s a software development coach who works with software organizations around the world. Discussion prompts: Test-Driven Development works best when you take small steps.

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CIO

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Developers unimpressed by the early returns of generative AI for coding take note: Software development is headed toward a new era, when most code will be written by AI agents and reviewed by experienced developers, Gartner predicts. It may be difficult to train developers when most junior jobs disappear.

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Coding Dojo

JANUARY 9, 2023

It’s inevitable for mistakes to happen during the software development lifecycle – developers are human and everybody makes mistakes. While you may not be able to completely … What Is Test-Driven Development? The post What Is Test-Driven Development?

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Perficient

MARCH 9, 2024

I don’t like testing Databricks notebooks and that’s a problem. I like Test Driven Development. Databricks has documentation for unit testing. I tried to test one notebook using another notebook. I tried to test one notebook using another notebook. I like Databricks. They are very good.

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James Shore

MARCH 29, 2021

This is a pre-release excerpt of The Art of Agile Development, Second Edition , to be published by O’Reilly in 2021. Visit the Second Edition home page for information about the open development process, additional excerpts, and more. Test-Driven Development. When you’re done, the tests remain. Programmers.

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Honeycomb

JUNE 23, 2020

The most successful software development movement of my lifetime is probably test-driven development or TDD. With TDD, requirements are turned into very specific test cases, then the code is improved so the tests pass. That step is observability driven development.

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Dzone - DevOps

MARCH 16, 2020

"Write your unit tests before your code," an adage that every developer knows by heart, in theory, but seldom practices it in reality. Test-Driven Development (TDD) is a novel concept that instructs developers to write unit test cases before writing even a single line of code.

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Gitprime

JUNE 8, 2022

Test-driven development reduces rework and associated costs. Learn about TDD benefits, downsides, & barriers to adoption and 3 common implementation errors.

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Dzone - DevOps

MARCH 12, 2020

One of the most essential steps of any software development project is testing. But when should software undergo testing? It seems logical to test the project when it is completed. However, the power of the classic test procedure is limited.

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DevOps.com

MAY 19, 2023

Modern development environments, in which rapid continuous delivery is facilitated by automated continuous integration/continuous development (CI/CD) pipelines, require thorough and automated testing in development prior to integration.

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Honeycomb

JUNE 9, 2020

According to her, this step is observability driven development. “Start going down the path of Observability Driven Development and follow your curiosity to wherever it leads.” ” The post A Next Step Beyond Test Driven Development appeared first on Honeycomb.

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Honeycomb

JUNE 9, 2020

According to her, this step is observability driven development. “Start going down the path of Observability Driven Development and follow your curiosity to wherever it leads.” ” The post A Next Step Beyond Test Driven Development appeared first on Honeycomb.

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Dzone - DevOps

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The concept of observability involves understanding a system’s internal states through the examination of logs, metrics, and traces. This approach provides a comprehensive system view, allowing for a thorough investigation and analysis. While incorporating observability into a system may seem daunting, the benefits are significant.

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Martin Fowler

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Test-Driven Development (TDD) is a technique for building software that guides software development by writing tests. It was developed by Kent Beck in the late 1990's as part of Extreme Programming. Write the functional code until the test passes. Write the functional code until the test passes.

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Dzone - DevOps

JANUARY 15, 2020

When I first heard about Test Driven Development (TDD) I immediately wrote it off as a technique that will slow me down, how on earth should I know exactly what my code will look like if I often refactor while coding. Even now when I ask developers what they understand about TDD that is the response I receive.

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Net Objectives

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Test-first yields analysis, it helps us determine what is clear, what is unclear or missing, and ferrets out misunderstandings. Unit tests are unforgiving, they don’t let you get away with anything. But Test-Driven Development also creates better design.

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James Shore

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

On October 16th, at the Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference in Portland, I’ll be presenting a half-day workshop on using test-driven development without mock objects. This is a great session for programmers who want to learn new ways to improve their tests. Are your tests slow and brittle?

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James Shore

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

By popular demand, my Faster, More Effective Test-Driven Development course in now available in an in-depth two-day version! If you’ve ever struggled with slow tests, tests that randomly fail, or difficulty refactoring, you need this course. 27 Feb 2020. James Shore/Calendar. This is a great course.

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CIO

MAY 20, 2024

To keep pace with the growing complexity of software development, organizations have spent years working to implement agile practices into their developer experience. In this article, Mik explains common misconceptions about agile development and how to properly apply and develop an agile culture.

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Henrik Warne

JUNE 19, 2022

I recently finished Effective Software Testing – A Developer’s Guide by Maurício Aniche , and I really liked it. I have been coding for a long time and I think I have been writing pretty good tests for the features I have implemented. He has also worked for several years as a developer.

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Xebia

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Writing tests that help evolve a system is hard, and you get there by avoiding smart tests while preferring dumb ones. The Paradox of Smart Tests Smart is always better than dumb, isn’t it? This time we’ll look at the paradox that dumb programmer tests are superior to smart ones. Let’s dive in.

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Martin Fowler

AUGUST 17, 2023

At Thoughtworks, we are strong practitioners of Test Driven Development (TDD). Naturally this leads to the question of how generative AI can help with this technique. Paul Sobocinski writes a brief memo explaining how some of our teams have used TDD with GitHub Copilot.

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Xebia

APRIL 5, 2022

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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Dzone - DevOps

AUGUST 30, 2021

Behavior Driven Development (BDD). Behavior Driven Development( BDD) is a software development process that prioritizes collaboration among engineers and developers. Why Behavior Driven Development Testing Came Into the Picture.

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LaunchDarkly

MAY 26, 2022

In this post, we'll examine two popular Agile methodologies and outline their pros and cons.

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Net Objectives

APRIL 6, 2019

Essentially, ATDD provides us with quality acceptance criteria in the form of test specifications. Doing this makes for … Continue reading "The Relationship Between Acceptance Test-Driven Development and Design Patterns".

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Net Objectives

APRIL 29, 2019

To those who’d like to study along with me as I publish this on linkedin, please ask to join the True North Consortium Linkedin Group where I … Continue reading "The Relationship Between Acceptance Test-Driven Development and Design Patterns".

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Xebia

JANUARY 27, 2024

One such initiative involves developing a toolset for assessing a customer’s situation. However, the purpose of this blog is not just to describe the toolset, but to share our development approach and some valuable lessons I (re)learned along the way. At Xebia, we implement numerous internal initiatives.

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Henrik Warne

AUGUST 20, 2017

I recently found out about the book Developer Testing – Building Quality Into Software by Alexander Tarlinder , and I immediately wanted to read it. Even though I am a developer at heart, I have always been interested in software testing (I even worked as a tester for two years). What ILiked The Most.

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Net Objectives

JANUARY 23, 2019

The essence of agility is … Continue reading "The Third Leg of Emergent Design: Acceptance Test-Driven Development (ATDD)". The third leg is ATDD which provides us a way of discovering and clarifying the value we’ll get.

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TechBeacon

JUNE 8, 2021

Most developers believe in the value of unit tests, even if they don't always like writing them. Most of them are okay with writing unit tests while doing new development work or practicing test-driven development (TDD), but it's easy to be disciplined with greenfield development.

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OverOps

MARCH 30, 2020

The move to innovate at speed and scale is stressing software quality and exposing the limitations of testing. Don’t get me wrong – testing in all its forms is inseparable from the software delivery supply chain. Over a decade ago, when Test-Driven Development (TDD) was introduced, it promised to improve productivity and quality.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

After selling two companies into large enterprises with lots of legacy software, Lawler witnessed firsthand how developers were struggling to understand the systems they were tasked with improving, and finding it difficult to deliver fast and secure code in complex microservices and cloud applications.

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Xebia

JANUARY 12, 2022

Test-driven development (TDD) has been around for more than 20 years. Sadly, a lot of developers still don’t do it in practice. . Many people think of TDD as a methodology for testing because of its name. There are some negative feelings towards writing tests. TDD is not about testing at all.

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Xebia

JANUARY 12, 2022

Test-driven development (TDD) has been around for more than 20 years. Sadly, a lot of developers still don’t do it in practice. . Many people think of TDD as a methodology for testing because of its name. There are some negative feelings towards writing tests. TDD is not about testing at all.

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Xoriant

JUNE 9, 2015

TDD is an Agile Development technique in which developers write test cases before writing the corresponding code for the user story assigned to him. Once the code passes the Acceptance test, the code is then refactored /simplified to be used as production code. What is the primary goal of Test Driven Development (TDD)?

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James Shore

MAY 3, 2019

Test-Driven Development (TDD) is an essential skill for agile teams. Without it, codebases quickly lose the flexibility needed to support agile development. This session is geared towards Scrummasters, coaches, managers, and anyone else who’s in a leadership role and isn’t a programmer themselves.

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