Test Driven Development Applied

Lasse is writing a Manning book on practical TDD and acceptance testing for java developers.

I’m so excited I purchased the early access addition, signed up for the author forums, and started skimming the PDF of the first four chapters tonight. This is exactly the text my team and so many other java development [...]

May 5th, 2007 | Category: acceptence testing, software development, test driven development | 4 comments - (Comments are closed)

TDD in Two Years

About a year ago in a session at SD Forum 2006 Dave Astels related a story on how one manager approached mandating TDD on a team:

Move the whole team out to a new collocated team room. Outfit the team with brand new equipment. Brought in Dave to mentor/coach the team on TDD by doing [...]

May 3rd, 2007 | Category: management, software development, test driven development | 3 comments - (Comments are closed)

I Told You So

Being right later is a symptom of a nasty disease. You knew the problem was coming, you tried to convince people, possibly even earnestly, but they choose the risky path anyway.

Self reflection reveals:

You’re not communicating effectively. You’re not trusted.

Painful, yes, but if all the evidence points one way you have to face [...]

May 1st, 2007 | Category: management, software development | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)
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