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In The Brain of Steve Freeman: Sustainable Test-Driven Development

Sustainable Test-Driven Development
This talk is about the qualities we look for in test code that keep the development "habitable." We want to make sure the tests pull their weight by making them expressive, so that we can tell what's important when we read them and when they fail, and by making sure they don't become a maintenance drag themselves. We need to apply as much care and attention to the tests as we do to the production code, although the coding styles may differ. Difficulty in testing might imply that we need to change our test code, but often it's a hint that our design ideas are wrong and that we ought to change the production code. In practice, these qualities are all related to and support each other. Test-driven development combines testing, specification, and design into one holistic activity.

ABOUT STEVE FREEMAN

Steve was a pioneer of Agile software development in the UK, he has built applications for banks, ISPs, financial data providers, and specialist software companies. He has given training courses in Europe, America, and Asia.
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AGILE DEVELOPMENT COURSES

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	JANET GREGORY'S AGILE TESTING WORKSHOP
	JON & KEVLIN'S AGILE DEVELOPMENT COURSE
	KEVLIN & JON'S MASTERING AGILE PRACTICE
	KOHSUKE KAWAGUCHI CI WITH JENKINS/HUDSON
	LINDA RISING'S INFLUENCE STRATEGIES
	LINDA RISING'S PATTERNS FOR CUSTOMER INTE
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	LIZ KEOGH'S AGILE, LEAN & BDD COURSE
	PEKKA KLARCK'S ROBOT FRAMEWORK HANDS-ON TRAINING
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	SIMON BROWN'S ARCHITECTURE FOR DEVELOPERS
	SIMON BROWN'S ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
	STEVE FREEMAN AND NAT PRYCE'S GROWING SYSTEMS
	THOUGHTWORKS CONTINUOUS DELIVERY
	UNCLE BOB MARTIN'S CLEAN CODE
	UNCLE BOB'S ADVANCED TDD
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