Test Driven is Driving Me Insane!

Now that you have decided to integrate testing into your development process, you find that when one test breaks, it seems like they all break. You also find that with so many tests broken, identifying the source of failed tests is challenging. Another challenge is that occasionally, tests are just plain hard to write. In this session we will discuss patterns and techniques for writing tests that are more robust and provide better information. This includes techniques that you can apply to your design when writing new code to make testing easier, as well as tools for working with existing applications that do not have good test coverage.

Speaker Bio:

Dennis Burton is a developer with SRT Solutions who has helped groups within large, unmovable companies go from test resistant to test infected by lowering the pain of transition to testing. His past work includes learning management systems, precision measurement and statistical applications, and automotive diagnostic software. All of these applications share a high velocity of information throughput. He has been around long enough to be old to some and young to others, but firmly believes that what you do with your time is more important than how long you have been spending it. Dennis strives to improve himself by learning from and sharing knowledge with those around him. His blog is at http://dennisburton.com.