Test Driven Development: Performing Art

room: Gamle bybro (capacity 40) — time: Friday 09:15-10:00, Friday 11:15-12:00, Friday 08:30-09:15, Friday 10:30-11:15
Level: Introductory

The art of Test Driven Development (TDD) is a skill that needs to be learnt, and takes practice to master. In this workshop, a select number of conference participants, with considerable skill and experience, will perform code katas. The aim is for them to demonstrate excellence. The code Kata problems are not supposed to be hard in themselves, the challenge is to solve them in a pair using TDD, and end up with great code. This session is for the benefit of agile developers, who can come along and witness TDD and pairing, get a chance to ask questions, and provide feedback.

Process/Mechanics

The performances:

Danilo Sato & Hugo Corbucci (Thoughtworks & Agilbits)
Kata: Sudoku Verifier in Smalltalk

Johannes Brodwall & Ivar Nilsen (Steria)
Kata: the Java EE spike Kata

Marcus Ahnve & Jimmy Larsson (Valtech)
Kata: Tennis in Ruby with RSpec

Thomas Nilsson & Andreas Larsson (Responsive)
Kata: TexasHoldEm in C++

Learning outcomes
  • See TDD being done by experienced practitioners.
  • Witness languages, tools and approaches other than those you normally work with.
  • Inspiration to be a better programmer
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