Beyond Unit Testing: The Real Value of Test-Driven Development
Beyond Unit Testing: The Real Value of Test-Driven Development - Client talk, 2025Client Talk • April 16, 2025 • Virtual
Here are additional details from the Coaches Corner hosted by Anthony Sciamanna & Perry Reid.
Slide Deck
Talk References
Here is a list of all of the articles and videos I referenced in my talk:
- 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
- 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 - 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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