PRACTICAL TDD WORKSHOP: EMBRACING COLLABORATIVE LEARNING THROUGH PAIR PROGRAMMING

This is a scaffolding kata setup to practice TDD in PHP.

• Working example in the src and tests folder.
• PHPUnit installed.
  • composer test

Setup

You can either install the dependencies locally or use the provided docker container:

make build
make test

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Test-Driven Development

The 3-repetition rule on TDD - Triangulation

Example mapping

Test Desiderata

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Katas

1. Rock paper scissors

• TDD Cycle
• Baby steps
• Triangulation

2. Password validator kata

• Example Mapping
• TDD Cycle
• Baby steps
• Triangulation
• Test desiderata

3. Guess the random number

• CRC cards
• Mock it if you own it
• Collaborators
• Solitary or Sociable test
• Triangulation
• Test desiderata

4. Morning Routine

• CRC cards
• Mock it if you own it
• Collaborators
• Triangulation
• Test desiderata

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Resources

• Presentation Slides

Books

• Agile Technical Practices Distilled by Pedro M Santos (Amazon)
• Test-Driven Development by Example by Kent Beck (Amazon)
• Refactoring by Martin Fowler (Amazon)
• Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests by Steve Freeman, Nat Pryce (Amazon)
• Working Effectively with Legacy Code by Michael C. Feathers (Amazon)

Videos

• Does TDD Really Lead to Good Design?
• Introduction to Test Driven Development

Posts

• The art of testing: where design meets quality
• Test-Driven (Development) - What is challenging about it?
• TDD vs BDD - Design or Workflow?