Developer's Gym with ThoughtWorks

Time: 30 June, Saturday afternoon 2-5pm.

Venue:
ThoughtWorks office
11-08 China Square Central
18 Cross Street
Singapore 048423

Note: you need to bring your IC card and register your name at the security desk on level 1 before you can get access.

*** So we are limiting this to 20 participants for the first run. RSVP only if you are sure you can make it. Otherwise, please release your slot for others. Many thanks! ***

What you will learn:

• Why is Test Driven Development (TDD) helpful?
• Some rules to follow when you do development with TDD approach
• Hands-on experience by applying TDD in problem-solving

Who should attend:

• You are already familiar with one programming language.
• You are familiar with one unit testing library in that language.
• You know how to start a new project with your favorite IDE/editor.
• You heard about TDD but haven’t used it much before (or you would like to do more hands-on exercise to polish your skills)

What you need to bring with you:

• your IC card (to register at the security desk)
• your laptop with your development environment setup

Agenda:

• Talk: Introduction to Test Driven Development (TDD)
• Hands-on exercises (you can do the exercises with the programming language you are most familiar with).

As an introduction to TDD, the facilitators will roughly follow the content in the first 10 chapters in this free online book, although they would customize the content by combining their experiences for TDD.

You can download the PDF file here: http://www.codemanship.co.uk/tdd_jasongorman_codemanship.pdf