The document discusses resources for practicing test-driven development (TDD), including theoretical resources like books, videos, courses and magazines, and practical resources like code katas, pet projects and open source work. It provides examples of specific resources under each category, such as Pluralsight and Udemy courses, Clean Coders videos, and code kata sites like Cyber-Dojo. It also outlines training profiles for fresh graduates and experienced TDD practitioners, recommending areas of focus and materials to learn from.

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Resources for practicing your craft

2. – The connected world
– Theoretical
– Books, videos, courses, magazines
– Practical
– Kata,pet projects, open source
Agenda
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3. Recent TDD activity
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4. Recent TDD activity...
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#whyitdd

5. Definition
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“I’m not a great programmer; I’m just a good
programmer with great habits.”

6. • Learn directly from GURU’s
• Comprehensive
• Cheap
• Time consuming
Theretical resources – Books
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7. Theretical resources – Courses
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Pluralsight Udemy Industrial logic
Web based x x x
App support x x
Offline content x x
”Certifications”
on completion
x x
Reading
instructions
x x
Exercises (x) (x) x
Tests x x
Personalized
feedback
x
Cost $29, $49 per month FREE, paid $140-$250 per
course, discount on
box sets

8. Industrial logic offerings
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Courses
Box sets

9. • Watch & learn (no exercises)
• See the experts do TDD
Theretical resources – Videos
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James Shore Lets play TDD
cleancoders.com $12, $18,
~1hour
episodes
pragprog.com $30, ~2 hours
jamesshore.com FREE

10. • No magazines about Craftsmanship in particular
• However, articles about or related do occur
Theretical resources... Magazines
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11. • Small exercises
• Practice everyday skills and muscle memory
• Try it at http://cyber-dojo.org/
Practical resources – Code kata
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12. • Bigger scope – added realism
• Pick something you are passionate about
If you lack imagination, have a look at
Practical resources – Pet projects
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13. • Could also be open source
• Put what you learn to use
On the job training
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14. • Fresh graduate
– Learn design principles (SOLID) and some patterns
– Introductory to TDD and test doubles
– Practice by writing code!
• TDD practitioner
– Follow TDD guru’s on twitter
– Clean coders advanced TDD videos
– Books: Effective unit testing, the Art of unit testing...
Training profiles
goal: learn TDD
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15. If you liked this presentation, have a
look at…
• May issue of agile record is about TDD.
• This presentation was based on an article in it.
• Formerly a PDF magazine, since last issue, a blog.
• http://www.agilerecord.com/
Agile record
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