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Agile Technical Practices Distilled

You're reading from Agile Technical Practices Distilled A learning journey in technical practices and principles of software design

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2019

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781838980849

Length 442 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Concepts

Agile

Authors (3):

Pedro M. Santos

Marco Consolaro

Alessandro Di Gioia

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Table of Contents (31) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1 FREE CHAPTER

2. Chapter 1

3. Chapter 2

4. Chapter 3

5. Chapter 4

6. Chapter 5

7. Section 2

8. Chapter 6

9. Chapter 7

10. Chapter 8

11. Chapter 9

12. Chapter 10

13. Section 3

14. Chapter 11

15. Chapter 12

16. Chapter 13

17. Chapter 14

18. Chapter 15

19. Section 4

20. Chapter 16

21. Chapter 17

22. Chapter 18

23. Chapter 19

24. Chapter 20

25. Chapter 21

26. Chapter 22

27. Chapter 23

28. License: CyberDojo

29. Sample Solutions

30. Feedback

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Naming Tests

Tests should have names that describe a business feature or behavior. When naming tests, avoid:

Using technical names for tests (as in myMethodNameReturnsSomething)
Leaking implementation details in test names (as in myTestReturnsFalse or CommandPatternTest)

If your test names express business behaviors, when you change the technical implementation or refactor code, your test names should remain unchanged.

We have seen many developers using a test name strategy similar to ClassName_MethodName_ShouldDoSomething. However, this can cause problems; if you rename your class or method, it confuses the meaning of your test name.

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Authors (3)

Pedro M. Santos

Pedro M. Santos

Pedro M. Santos has over 25 years of experience in the software industry. He has worked in the finance, aviation, consultancy, media, and retail industries and has built a wide range of software, ranging from embedded systems to cloud-based distributed applications. He has lived in Portugal (Lisbon), Brazil (So Paulo), Spain (Madrid, Barcelona), Netherlands (Hilversum), and Belgium (Gent), and, currently, he is based in the UK (London), where he focuses on educating and inspiring other developers. He has spent hundreds of hours in pairing sessions as well as coaching and mentoring developers at all levels of proficiency. His tutoring experience covers almost every aspect of software development: programming basics, object-oriented and functional design principles, refactoring legacy applications, pragmatic testing practices, architectural decisions, and career development choices. Follow Pedro on Twitter at @pedromsantos.

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Marco Consolaro

Marco Consolaro

Marco Consolaro is a software craftsman, systems thinker, agile technical coach, entrepreneur, philosopher, and restless traveler all blended with Venetian humor. Marco learned to code in Basic on a Commodore when he was 9 years old. He graduated from Venice University in 2001 with a degree in Computer Science. Since then, Marco has worked in Italy and the UK and is always looking to learn something new. When his journey led him to the agile principles, he quickly realized the effectiveness of such an approach for both technical and organizational areas. He now strongly believes that an iterative approach based on trust, transparency, self-organization, and quick feedback loops is the key to success for any team in any discipline. His dream is to see these principles based on systems thinking understood and implemented at every level in businesses and public administrations. Follow Marco on Twitter at @consolondon.

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Alessandro Di Gioia

Alessandro Di Gioia

Alessandro Di Gioia has helped a variety of companies (from small startups to large enterprises for the past 18 years) embrace agile technical practices. He has worked in Italy and Norway. For the past few years, he has resided in London. His professional life changed when he came across agile methodologies, especially Extreme Programming. He likes concise, expressive, and readable code as well as making existing solutions better when needed. He is always trying to learn better ways of designing asynchronous distributed architectures and crafting software, in either an object-oriented or functional style. Although Alessandro considers himself a forever learner, he is also a coach and a mentor because he loves to share his experiences with others. Follow Alessandro on Twitter at @Parajao.

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