I happened to read a post by Dror Helper the other day, in which he said: I believe TDD and “unit tests” has been done a great injustice by not giving it a cooler name – preferable one that doesn’t have the word “test” in it – because it’s a PR disaster! Wow, that had…
Backstory I worked for a consulting firm for a while. We didn’t make anything particularly exciting — line of business applications and the like was about the extent of it. The billing model for clients was dead simple and resembled the way that lawyers charge; consultants had an hourly rate and we kept diligent track…
This, I’ve decided, is going to be the penultimate post in this series. I had originally targeted a 9 part series, finishing up with a “tips and tricks” post, the way you often see with technical books. But I think I’m going to add a 10th post to the series where I make the business…
It’s been over a month now since my last post in this series, and for that I sort of apologize. I think I’ve been channelling all of my instructive energy into my now-finished Pluralsight course, leaving the blog largely for opinions, screeds, and a random hiring announcement. So, let’s get back on track and wrap…
In this series so far, I’ve introduced the concept of unit testing, talked about how to avoid early failures and frustrations, and then dived more in depth into the subject. But now that you’re familiar with the topic and reasonably well versed in it (particularly if you’ve been practicing over the course of this series),…
