TDD workshop was great!

I define success by “interesting”, “learning experience” and “fun”. all 3 were present there. That's what happens when you put 9 smart people together in the same room, especially two on each machine (1 left hanging. next time we'll correct that).

The meeting included a lecture on what is unit testing, working with NUnit and more about the “why” of it. After that we had a hands on lab where people sat in pairs and wrote a simple application that got more and more complex as the training continued. the objective was to show how unit tests help with a dynamically changing code base. And it it. People seemed to “get” it. At the end we all sat down and had a little discussion on some of the aspects of what we just did and what we didn't do. some conclusions:

• there will definitely be another workshop for those who missed out
• possibly a “TDD - a little more in-depth“ session, talking about database testing and other nuances.
• You should all register to the mailing list I've set up. : IL-agile-Dev. we'll talk about some of the things we did there, and most importantly, about some of the problems we face today with implementing TDD in the organization.

One more thing. I was directed to this interesting article today that talk about a case study of implementing TDD and the benefits that followed (including some actual numbers): Integrating Unit Testing Into A Software

If you want to register for the next session  (in the coming weeks) which will be identical to this one, email me at [email removed]. If you want to register for a more advanced session (about database testing) email me as well saying so.