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

Slalom Consulting • October 11, 2019 • Philadelphia, PA

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:

• 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
• Unit Tests are FIRST - Tim Ottinger & Jeff Langr
• 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
• 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 get in touch with me is on twitter. Feel free to contact me at (@asciamanna).

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