Feb/2012 - Maintainability, Extensibility, Testability & ATDD and BDD

Agenda

7:00pm - Drinks and food

7:30pm - Talk #1 then #2 with 5 mins break (sequence to be decided on that day)

9:05pm - Continue beer time

9:30pm - End

Track: Development Practices & Craftsmanship (https://docs.google.com/a/odd-e.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_US&key=0Amm4IznLUqoOdHcwMWZId2R3ejljNFlOMFl4Szd6bVE&hl=en_US&gid=0) (45 mins)

Maintainability, Extensibility, Testability: Big words, but you can do it! by Pan Wei

I will walk through a simple example showing how a system evolves gracefully and demonstrate how you can systematically build a system that is easy to maintain, easy to extend, and easy to test.

About speaker: Dr Ng Pan Wei, is an agile coach. He is the author of Aspect Oriented Software Development with Use Cases.Having lost 20kg in about 3 months and maintaining it, he feels confident to talk about lean and agile software development.

Track: Testing & Quality Assurance (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0Amm4IznLUqoOdHcwMWZId2R3ejljNFlOMFl4Szd6bVE&single=true&gid=0&output=html) (45 mins)

ATDD and BDD by Kristan Vingrys

Covers what each are and how the complement each other. Goes into detail of good BDD practice including how to use GIVEN, WHEN and THEN and how not to use them. Also includes an introduction to a Test Automation framework that suits ATDD and BDD approaches. Presented at Perth Agile Meetup and multiple client sites.

Place and Directions

By Train: Exit F, Farrer Park MRT

This building is secured with a security door. Press #05-01 button beside the door on the ground floor so that we can unlock the access door for you to enter. Take the lift up to level 5 and knock on the door #05-01.

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