To TDD or not to TDD

Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering

That is the question. Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous test coverage, or to take arms against a sea of bugs…

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Featuring:

• Bill Kennedy – Website, GitHub, X
• Chris James – GitHub, X
• Natalie Pistunovich – GitHub, X
• Mat Ryer – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X

Show Notes:

• The tweet that started it all
• 📘 Learn Go with Tests
• The Test Pyramid
• Internet Protocol Suite
• 🐘 techhub.social

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Chương

1. Opener (00:00:00)

2. Sponsor: Sourcegraph (00:00:19)

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3. It's Go Time! (00:03:24)

4. Welcome, friends (00:04:13)

5. The tweet that started it all (00:06:09)

https://twitter.com/goinggodotnet/status/1570764101097500674

6. How do you test an API design? (00:09:19)

7. The importance of feedback loops (00:14:16)

8. What TDD really is (00:17:03)

9. Preventing vs actually getting errors (00:21:53)

10. Small vs large projects (00:25:02)

11. Sponsor: Square (00:27:15)

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12. Top-down test creation (00:28:23)

13. Frontend & backend out of sync (00:34:05)

14. Does the process really changes the outcome? (00:38:01)

15. Coordinating between teams (00:42:28)

16. Sponsor: FireHydrant (00:45:39)

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17. Test speed & unit tests (00:47:07)

18. The Test Pyramid (00:50:55)

https://martinfowler.com/articles/practical-test-pyramid.html

19. When is your code actually done? (00:52:46)

20. DDD & bug recovery (00:58:14)

21. Writing tests in production (01:03:58)

22. It's time for Unpopular Opinions! (01:07:40)

23. Bill's unpop (01:08:23)

24. Chris's unpop? (01:09:58)

25. Mat's !unpop (01:10:34)

26. Time to Go! (01:11:06)

27. Outro (01:11:31)

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