Good Test, Better Code

Heldag 09:00-16:00

Instruktör: Scott Bellware

Unit testing and Test-Driven Development promise better design, executable documentation, and higher productivity, but simply writing tests or even writing tests before writing production code doesn't guarantee that these things will happen. Some developer testing efforts just leave the team with more code to maintain without the promised improvements in quality and productivity.

This workshop demonstrates some of the common traps that even experienced developers fall into with unit testing, and demonstrates techniques to improve developer testing, design, and communication. Exercises will cover unit-testing, mock objects, test-driven development, behavior-driven development, object-oriented design principles and patterns, and domain-specific languages for testing. Participants will work through testing and design problems individually with the instructor, and with the group. Students should bring their own laptops installed with Visual Studio 2008 as well as the TortoiseSVN client for Subversion. Tools and materials will be provided on-site and assistance will be provided to students who need help to setup their laptops for the workshop.