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Effective Software Testing – A Developer’s Guide

Henrik Warne

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. The book apparently grew out of lecture notes from a course on software testing.

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The hardest part of building software is not coding, it’s requirements

CIO

With all the articles about all the amazing AI developments, there’s plenty of hand-wringing around the possibility that we, as software developers, could soon be out of a job, replaced by artificial intelligence. Coding can be a challenge, but I’ve never spent more than two weeks trying to figure out what is wrong with the code.

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Agile, Stand-ups, TDD and Code Reviews

The Programmer's Paradox

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. Some people invented a fun little game called “test driven development” (TDD).

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TechCrunch+ roundup: No-code MVP strategy, hiring under scrutiny, A/B growth testing

TechCrunch

Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. 4 practical steps for using no-code to evolve your prototype to an MVP Image Credits: Luis Cagiao Photography (opens in a new window) / Getty Images Forget about dogs: No-code development tools can be a non-technical founder’s best friend.

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Protecting Yourself Against Fraudulent Recruiters & Hiring Scams

N2Growth Blog

Given the high stakes, jobseekers must diligently differentiate legitimate and fraudulent offers. Due Diligence: Research is Your First Line of Defense Before engaging with an executive search firm or recruiter, it is imperative to conduct comprehensive research to ascertain its credibility.

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TDD mistakes 2

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). Writing a dozen or more lines of code to get to GREEN. We’re doing TDD, but we have no code to test; we have nothing to hang our first test on, so we need to invent something, fast!

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Proptech in Review: Investors predict slower growth in 2023

TechCrunch

I think part of what made it worse is the double whammy of general inflated multiples in tech/software, coupled with the fact that many proptech companies have a physical component that shouldn’t have allowed them to be valued like a software company to begin with.