Audience: programmers. In this one-day hands-on course, you'll learn techniques for getting the most value out of test-driven development (TDD). You can attend the class as either a standalone one-day event or as part of the multi-class TDD Masters Series.

Class size: 10 to 16

Prerequisites: three or more months of TDD experience

TDD can be approached many ways. Developers attempting TDD often get sidetracked with issues related to maintaining the tests. This course will help take your developers to the next level!

In this course, students will learn many techniques for improving the quality of their TDD efforts. They will also learn more about the key elements that make TDD work.

Core Topics

Test naming and organization
Behavior-Driven Development (BDD)
Test smells
Test patterns
Tests as documentation: specification by example
Testability and design
Incrementalism in TDD
Uncle Bob's Transformation Priority Premise (TPP)
Successful approaches to mocking
Minimal rules & standards
Hardcore refactoring
Design and TDD
Simple design
Practice, Paraphrase, Pair
Professionalism in TDD

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