Beyond Unit Testing: The Real Value of Test-Driven Development

Agile5 Technologies • June 23, 2022 • Virtual

Thanks for attending my talk, Beyond Unit Testing.

Slide Deck

Talk References

Here is a list of all of the articles and videos I referenced in my talk:

• Workflows of Refactoring - Slide Deck - Martin Fowler
• Workflows of Refactoring - Talk - Martin Fowler
• You Won’t Believe How Old TDD Is - Arialdo Martini
• Chrysler Comprehensive Compensation on C2 Wiki
• C3 - Martin Fowler
• TDD Is Not a Testing Practice - Anthony Sciamanna
• Microtest: A GeePaw Hill Quickie - Michael Hill
• SOS - To Save Sinking Test Suites - Anthony Sciamanna
• Avoiding Automated Testing Pitfalls - Anthony Sciamanna
• Code Coverage Complications - Industrial Logic Blog - Anthony Sciamanna
• Unit Tests are FIRST - Tim Ottinger & Jeff Langr
• How To Stop Hating Your Test Suite - Justin Searls - RubyConf 2015
• TDD and the Lump of Coding Fallacy - Michael Hill
• Test Double’s Contributing Tests Wiki
• Industrial Logic eLearning

Books

Here are the books I’ve referenced in the talk:

• Extreme Programming Explained - Kent Beck
• Test-Driven Development by Example - Kent Beck
• Working Effectively with Legacy Code - Michael Feathers
• Accelerate - Dr. Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble & Gene Kim
• Growing Object-Oriented Software Guided by Tests - Steve Freeman & Nat Pryce

Do you have questions about the talk or TDD in general? Or maybe just want to chat? The best way to reach me is by email.

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