BDD in Practice - Large Team

Ken Pugh

We'll collaborate using BDD to create acceptance tests for your actual stories. You'll experience how the Triad - Customer, Developer, and Tester work together to form a shared understanding expressed as testable scenarios.

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BDD in Practice - Small Team

Ken Pugh

We'll collaborate using BDD to create acceptance tests for your actual stories. You'll experience how the Triad - Customer, Developer, and Tester work together to form a shared understanding expressed as testable scenarios.

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Code Inspections

David Bernstein

It’s easy to be overwhelmed by newly inherited legacy code. Legacy code can be difficult to work with, and so it can be helpful to have an extra set of eyes and a whole bunch of techniques for dealing with it. I can help review your software to identify areas of risk and create approaches for mitigation.

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Design Reviews

David Bernstein

• Identify patterns in your design to simplify and clarify code
• Improve the testability of your designs to help automate validation
• Examine the context and motivation around your design decisions
• Suggest design alternatives to accommodate future changes
• Clarify your domain model so it’s easier to understand and change
• Cohesively instantiate objects to reduce coupling throughout the system
• Implement alternative design solutions to resolve longstanding problems

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Evolutionary Design Without Tests

J. B. Rainsberger

Let's see how safely and deftly we can move without tests. We'll focus on guiding the design to evolve and we'll write the tests in our heads. We're professionals; we can trust each other.

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From Mob to Symphony: A Mob Composing Workshop

Jeff Langr

Mob programming is 'everyone in a room working on the same thing at the same time,' per Woody Zuill. Outrageous! Yet teams find mob programming a fun way to collaboratively build and deliver high-quality software. Some teams even say they go faster.

In this session, we'll mob to collaboratively compose a short song. Even if you know little about music, you'll feel firsthand how participating in a mob can reduce your anxiety and help you contribute quickly.

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Intro to TDD — From Zero to FizzBuzz

Jon Reid

Let’s use the simplest programming puzzle, FizzBuzz, to learn the fundamentals of test-driven development. By simplifying the problem, we can concentrate on the nuances of what goes into TDD. You’ll experience the Red-Green-Refactor cycle, and the Three Laws of TDD.

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Legacy Dependency Breaking Techniques

Jeff Langr

Pick up a few techniques to fix common dependency challenges in your code, things that make it seem impossible to write unit tests.

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Legacy Open Source Fridays

Amitai Schleier

Two decades ago, a lone-genius project made the internet more secure and inspired a generation of programmers. Two years ago, it came back to life as a collaborative effort. This historically significant codebase needs plenty of mending and many new features, while also presenting some unusual constraints to focus our decision-making. Contribute to Open Source, enjoy the cumulative effect of your efforts, and gain new insights into your own legacy code.

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Mini-Assessments

David Bernstein

Every project is unique and so are its challenges. Through online interviews, questionnaires, and conversations I can provide you an ad hoc assessment of your software development process and/or project along with recommendations for improvement prioritized by the value that you’ll receive right away. This is a guided conversation from one to two hours.

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Refactoring Java

J. B. Rainsberger

Strengthen and deepen your skill in evolutionary design by practising in Java. There's plenty of Java code that needs refactoring. We'll never run out of examples.

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Strangle Your Legacy Code

Amitai Schleier

This hands-on session is for developers who work with valuable code that doesn't feel easy or safe to change. That's a lot of us. We'll get to know the Strangler application pattern by test-driving new features into real (and semi-famous) legacy code -- without needing to touch that code at all. By the end of the session, we're familiar with the basic workings of a Strangler, when to consider using one, and what to watch out for when we do.

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TDD Paint by Numbers

Jeff Langr

Learn TDD the easy way with a TDD Paint by Numbers session, where the tests are already written for you--you fill in the code and keep it in the confines of the tests. Sessions are continually available in numerous programming languages, and I'll be keeping the katas fresh.

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TDD Paint by Numbers in Xcode

Jon Reid

Learn TDD the easy way with a TDD Paint by Numbers session. The tests are already written for you! You'll work in the production code. Since the tests are written, you’ll experience the meaty payoff of TDD. Namely, adding new behavior incrementally, and refactoring to keep the code clean.

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Test Automation Mini-Assessment

Lee Barnes

We’ll walk through a detailed readiness checklist and develop a high-level roadmap for Test Automation success. You'll identify the obstacles in your organization and create a plan to get you on the path to effective test automation!

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Testing Dojo

Lee Barnes

Mob testing provides a great forum to hone your testing skills and learn new techniques from our experts as well as your peers!

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