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The Journey to Test Driven

A Startup Tale

• Coldwin Software Inc. (since 2007)

• custom software development

• project management

• BookedIN Online Scheduling

• proprietary online scheduling system

• built using GWT/Java and AppEngine

• full commitment to BDD/TDD but it didn’t start that way...

Who are we?

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A long time ago at a software company far,

far away...

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The glorious green

pastures.

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Ready for

launch, captain!

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The real journey begins...

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“Houston, we have a problem.”

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The Phone Call

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“I don’t have confidence in our

development process.”

“Say what?!”

“If we continue like this we’re sunk.”

“We just need to write more tests.”

“No. We need to change our approach.”

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The Transition

Test After Test Driven

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“Commitment to Quality”

The Key

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“Good developers don’t need TDD.”

(hint: it’s not about TDD... it’s about quality)

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Software Quality

?DD (TDD, BDD,

DDD, XDD)

Code

Reviews

Acceptanc

e Testing

Continuous

Integration

Metrics

Pair

Programmi

ng

Continuous

Learning

User

Feedback

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“Quality cannot be tested in.”

“Quality is not equal to test.”

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What are the real benefits?

Grow your company.

Enjoy your career.

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• Educate yourself (know the benefits)

• Hire or appoint a champion

• Support your team

Get started!

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Thank you.

mike.iwasiow@coldwin.com

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