Joe O’Brien and I will be leading another Test Driven Studio in Denver, June 9-11.

Testing, Colorado, June … What’s not to like?

About 8 years ago I come upon a technique that radically changed the way I developed code. I was reading Martin Fowler’s “Refactoring” book and came across this paragraph:

“Whenever I do refactoring, the first step is always the same. I need to build a solid set of tests for that section of code. The test are essential because even though I follow refactorings structured to avoid most of the opportunities for introducing bugs, I’m still human and still make mistakes. Thus I need solid tests.” —Martin Fowler

Chapter 4 of “Refactoring” was my first introduction to JUnit and got me interested in “Test First Design” (what we now tend to call “Test Driven Development”). Although I wrote good code before, the confidence I had in my code took a dramatic leap forward after I started adopting TDD practices.

On June 9 through 11, Joe O’Brien and I will have the pleasure of leading the next Pragmatic Programmer’s Test-Driven Development with Rails Studio. in Denver. We will have an opportunity to share with you some of our experiences in using TDD with Ruby and Rails.

There are still seats available, so its not too late to sign up. More information is available here.

Joe O’Brien and I will be hosting the Test-Driven Developement in Rails Pragmatic Studio in Columbus.

Test Driven Developement in Rails

Mark your calendars. It is official! Joe O’Brien and I will be teaching a new Pragmatic Studio: Test Driven Development in Rails. The first offering of this studio will be in Columbus on October 17th through the 19th.

To quote from the web site:

In this Studio, you’ll learn how to do test-driven development by actually doing it. We’ll teach you how to get started with a solid foundation of testing practices, and then quickly build on those with advanced techniques and tools. You’ll experience a powerful synergy between testing and design that helps you write better software, faster!

If you ever wanted to improve your testing skills in Ruby and Rails, then this wil be the place for you. I’m really excited about this opportunity. I hope to see a lot of you there.