tdd_notes.md

commands

beginner

• echo
• cat
• date
• ls
• sleep
• mkdir

intermediate

• grep
• find
• cp
• tail

advanced

• ps
• gzip / gunzip
• tar

User profile

• White male between 20 and 40
• Has some experience programming in python
• No/Little experience in writing unit tests
• Finds it hard to write good tests
• Has heard about TDD, would like to learn more about it

Learning Feedback

• Ask them to submit unit tests to github
• Group activities :
• Concept map on what is TDD
• Find test names in pairs

Concepts to show

• TDD Cycle

• Write a failing test

• Make it pass

• Refactor

• the unittest library

• class TestUnit

• setUp / tearDown

• def test_

• project/directory structure

• running the tests

• nose ?

• sniffer ?

• tox ?

• TDD Pairing

• Ping / pong

• Make test pass / Write failing test

Schedule

Prep

10h

• Introductions
• Objectives
• Ask experience level
• Horror story

10h15

• Environment setup
• virtualenv
• pip install

10h30 - 10h50

• TDD Demonstration
• TODO: Find simple use case for demonstration

11h00

• First sprint
• test scenario : cat

11h40

• Review

12h00

• Lunch

13h00

• Second sprint
• test scenario : date

13h40

• Review

14h00

• Third sprint
• test scenario : ls

14h40

• Review

15h00

• Fourth sprint
• test scenario : grep

15h40

• Review