#24 Aslak Hellesøy - Creator of Cucumber

We are super excited to announce that Aslak Hellesøy the creator of Cucumber is coming to speak for us at South West Test. Big thanks to SR2 - Socially Responsible Recruitment and BJSS for their sponsorship providing the venue, pizza and beers and making this event possible.

Aslak started his programming career in 1998. Since then he has been a CTO, book author, entrepreneur and trainer, but he always returns to what he loves - programming. In 2008 he created Cucumber and started promoting Behaviour-Driven Development. He also co-wrote The Cucumber Book, Behaviour-Driven Development for Developers and Testers.

Hear him speak to us about why 'BDD is not Testing'

The plan for the evening

18:00 - Arrive at The Station

Have a chat with some of the other South West Test(ers), grab some pizza and have a beer

18:20 - Introduction to South West Test

18:25 – Short introduction from our sponsors for the evening BJSS and SR2 - Socially Responsible Recruitment

18:30- Aslak Hellesoy- Creator of Cucumber

‘BDD is not testing’

BDD was invented 15 years ago to help people realise that TDD is not testing. Still, many people believe BDD and TDD is testing. This misconception leads to poor tests, slow feedback loops and high maintenance costs. In this talk Aslak will bust the most widespread myths about BDD and hopefully explain what BDD is – a way to develop software.

Followed by Questions and Answers

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The event is open to all:

Although this is billed as a "Test" meet up it's not just for Testers, it's open to anyone who wants to come along to hear an amazing talk and interact with some lovely like-minded people. Please do share the meetup details with your friends, workmates or anyone who you think would love to attend.

If you want to join us over on Slack - Please feel free to do so:
https://join.slack.com/t/southwesttest/shared_invite/enQtNTIwOTY4NTE2OTk0LTZmYmE4YTUyNGY0Mzc0ZmMxMTBhZDI2YzM0MjUwNDRjNTg4ZmE1NzlkNzkwY2Q2N2M1YTNlNzIyMWU4YTNmYTk

We also have a meetup Twitter account
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