James Shore

MARCH 29, 2021

To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. Test-Driven Development. We produce high-quality code in small, verifiable steps. At best, mistakes lead to code that won’t compile. No wonder, then, that software is buggy. TDD isn’t perfect, of course. Why TDD Works.

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OverOps

JULY 15, 2019

With the rise of CI/CD teams are able to deliver new code and features to customers faster than ever before. As new tools are introduced to accelerate integration and delivery of new code, it’s important to ensure that your team is able to embrace the cultural shift necessary to support these new workflows. Thursday at 3:45 PM | 2210.

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NeverFriday

JUNE 7, 2013

James Shore, author of the book “The Art of Agile”, wrote an article that covers the alternatives to acceptance testing. The way you write an acceptance test is to take a user story and then write code that tests the end result of a software process. James Shore, Alternatives to Acceptance Testing.

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Perficient

DECEMBER 11, 2024

To make sure that your state management functions as intended, it is essential to test your Redux code. We’ll look at methods and resources for testing Redux apps in this extensive article. Why Test Redux? Testing is an integral part of the development process, and Redux is no exception.

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Xebia

JANUARY 27, 2024

Without a clear design, we use pair programming and test-driven development (TDD) until we are satisfied, focusing on the desired API first. This typically concludes with the removal of the original code. We each tend to review changes of interest asynchronously from the pull request.

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Xebia

APRIL 5, 2022

It is okay to start out simple and not overthink, but these two things are key: Have tests – having some tests is better than no tests, as it provides a feedback mechanism for improvement. This results in a steadily-growing set of tests becoming part of the development cycle. Write tests earlier.

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James Shore

MARCH 10, 2021

To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. Collective Code Ownership. Developers. We are all responsible for all our code. But how does that apply to code? Collective code ownership means the team shares responsibility for their code. It’s your code. Mob Programming.

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Dzone - DevOps

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Without knowing the solution, is TDD worth it? I like to use Test-Driven Development (TDD) when coding. However, in some circumstances, TDD is more of a hinderance than a help. Writing tests only makes sense after the solution is viable. You may also enjoy: Should We Always Use TDD to Design?

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James Shore

MARCH 17, 2022

Fast, Reliable Tests. Our tests don’t get in our way. Test-Driven Development. Teams who embrace test-driven development accumulate thousands of tests. The more tests you have, the more important speed and reliability become. Rely on Narrow Unit Tests. Details here.

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Xebia

DECEMBER 19, 2023

For this reason I use the following Makefile target: PHONY: tidy tidy: ## Run <code>go get -u and go mod tidy for all modules $(info [+] Running go get -u and go mod tidy ) find. Running tests I am a fan of TDD (test driven development), so obviously I wrote tests for my lambda functions.

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Xebia

MARCH 10, 2022

In software development this can be translated into ‘prevent bugs from ending up in the codebase’. An example of the first category would be a team identifying unsolvable issues during refinement , or realizing the value of the feature has diminished. An example of a high-level risk-based quality strategy is the following: .

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

APRIL 25, 2023

This post is a brief commentary on Martin Fowler’s post, An Example of LLM Prompting for Programming. At a glance, it’s clear that the prompts Xu Hao uses to generate working code are very long and complex. Writing these prompts requires significant expertise, both in the use of ChatGPT and in software development.

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Gorilla Logic

OCTOBER 14, 2020

In Agile development, a user story provides a simplified description of a software feature from an end user perspective. You can make your user stories stronger with techniques from behavior-driven development (BDD). Developers: Pass each of the test scenarios created for each story, and pass all the test scenarios. .

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Habitable Code

AUGUST 12, 2022

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.

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Habitable Code

AUGUST 26, 2022

Back in 2014 I wrote a blog post listing three mistakes often made by folks who are new to test-driven development (TDD). Writing tests for invented requirements. Writing a dozen or more lines of code to get to GREEN. It is also not TDD. Let’s look at an example.

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The Programmer's Paradox

MARCH 16, 2023

It all has to be very reactive; you keep fiddling with the code until it gets traction. Under those conditions, it doesn’t make sense to cross all the t’s and dot the i’s as the life expectancy of the code is weeks or months. As a great example, Stand-ups always come to mind. We see the same kinda thing with unit testing.

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Habitable Code

AUGUST 19, 2022

Back in 2014 I wrote a blog post listing three mistakes often made by folks who are new to test-driven development (TDD). Writing tests for invented requirements. Writing a dozen or more lines of code to get to GREEN. So start at the outside, by writing tests for things that your code’s consumer (eg.

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Honeycomb

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Our industry is in the early days of an explosion in software using LLMs, as well as (separately, but relatedly) a revolution in how engineers write and run code, thanks to generative AI. In theory , all software is debuggable. There is a much longer list of things that make software less than 100% debuggable in practice.

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Altexsoft

AUGUST 18, 2020

Developers use APIs almost every day – by some estimates, they spend a whopping 10+ hours a week working with APIs. This covers not only using them, but also researching, googling for support, studying reviews, and of course, rummaging in the documentation. It has very few code samples. Adopt spec-driven development.

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Apiumhub

MARCH 30, 2023

Custom software development plays an important role in taking your project to the next level. Custom software development gives your business the flexibility and compatibility to scale up or down and tailor it to your needs. The alternative, off-the-shelf software could be inefficient or inadequate.

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James Shore

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. Customer Examples. Some software is straightforward: just another UI on top of yet another database. Some software is straightforward: just another UI on top of yet another database. They may be able to create customer examples themselves. Whole Team.

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Gorilla Logic

MAY 19, 2021

Should you build software in-house or outsource it? It turns out that access to talented developers may be one of the most challenging pieces of the puzzle. . Ready to have a conversation about outsourcing your development to a top-ranked Agile development team? Let’s talk. As much as 51 percent of U.S.

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James Shore

APRIL 9, 2021

To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. We revise and improve the design of existing code. That’s what everybody says: entropy is inevitable, and chaos eventually turns your beautifully imagined, well-designed code into a big mess of spaghetti. Test-Driven Development. Refactoring.

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Xebia

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Desired Qualities of Programmer Tests Well-written automated tests are: Easy to read Intention revealing Focused Put succinctly, programmer tests should make change easy. Change to code under test and the test code itself. Let’s have a look at smart tests first. How do you achieve this?

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Code Simplicity

MAY 10, 2014

Today there was an interesting discussion between Kent Beck , Martin Fowler , and David Heinemeier Hansson on the nature and use of Test-Driven Development (TDD), where one writes tests first and then writes code. They want to see something that will help them make decisions about their code.

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Gorilla Logic

MARCH 17, 2023

Experiences like these make many developers think about using Behavior-Driven Development (BDD). BDD emphasizes collaboration between developers, testers, and stakeholders to define and deliver software that meets business requirements. For each team member, ask: Are they familiar with BDD or TDD?

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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).

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InnovationM

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In the realm of modern software development, testing is indispensable. Among the plethora of testing frameworks available, Jest stands out as a powerful and developer-friendly tool for testing JavaScript applications. It ensures the reliability, stability, and quality of our codebases.

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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. What causes agile failure Most agile practices fail due to a rising number of misconceptions and misunderstandings of what agile is and how to apply it.

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Kotlin : A modern, concise, and expressive programming language that runs on the JVM, is fully interoperable with Java, and is officially recommended by Google for Android app development due to its safety and productivity features. Learn Test-Driven Development (TDD) and how to write unit and integration tests.

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Apiumhub

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

There were numerous topics covered in this online event, and in this article, I would like to go through a few of the sessions in the junior track, such as Composable Microfrontends, React Hooks, TDD with User Interfaces, and Web Performance. Test-Driven Development for Building User Interfaces – Tyler Hawkins.

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James Shore

APRIL 26, 2021

Visit the Second Edition home page for information about the open development process, additional excerpts, and more. To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. It’s Not Just Coding. Computers don’t care what your code looks like. If the code compiles and runs, the computer is happy.

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MagmaLabs

AUGUST 26, 2021

Reading Time: 11 minutes Nowadays it is relatively easy to become a software developer, but being a truly professional one is not that simple. Learn here how to be the developer that every company and every client wants to have. Being a professional developer is crucial in the software industry. Apply Clean Code.

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CircleCI

APRIL 5, 2022

End-to-end testing, also known as E2E testing, is a methodology used for ensuring that applications behave as expected and that the flow of data is maintained for all kinds of user tasks and processes. This type of testing approach starts from the end user’s perspective and simulates a real-world scenario. Time consuming.

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CIO

APRIL 22, 2022

From hardware and software upgrades to ongoing security patches, to application development and the rollout of software itself, project managers keep your teams on task and productive. The exam covers topics including Scrum, Kanban, Lean, extreme programming (XP), and test-driven development (TDD).

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

JUNE 4, 2019

Product Management for Enterprise Software , July 18. The Power of Lean in Software Projects , July 25. Advanced Test-Driven Development (TDD) , June 27. Test-Driven Development In Python , June 28. Learning Python 3 by Example , July 1. Clean Code , July 23.

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James Shore

JUNE 2, 2021

Visit the Second Edition home page for information about the open development process, additional excerpts, and more. To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. Productivity was measured at almost three times the level for comparable embedded software teams. Test-Driven Development.

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