Our August meeting will be held on Tuesday August 19th, 2008 at 6pm at Justin Brands.
Jef Newsom will be presenting: Behavior-Driven Development
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Behavior-Driven Development
For those who have chosen to adopt it, test-driven development has proven to radically change how they think about designing and developing software. However, many people struggle with the application of the technique, and some people actively refuse to adopt it, often due merely to the semantics. It is common to hear:
Testing? That's what QA is for!
How can I know what to test until I've written it?
Should I create one test class per class? One test class per method? One test class per, um, ...
Behavior-driven development attempts to remove these impediments by changing the vocabulary from one of verification to one of specification, and it clarifies the goal - to focus on behavior. By driving applications from user stories to scenarios, and from scenarios to contexts and specifications, behavior-driven development promises to optimize the creation and delivery of value to your stakeholders.
Jef will facilitate a conversation with you about behavior-driven development. We'll discuss your challenges with TDD and BDD, we'll demonstrate applying BDD to solve a real-world problem, and then we'll speculate on the next evolution beyond BDD to further improve the fidelity of the craft.
Speaker Bio
Jef is a believer, husband, father, and a co-founder of Improving Enterprises, Inc., a Dallas-based consultancy providing Learning Solutions, Certified Consulting, and Rural-Sourced Development. He is honored to be among the first 70 people awarded the Microsoft Certified Architect Certification, and he is a proud Microsoft MVP for C#.
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