Test Driven Development is a powerful technique for building software. This is a hands-on course teaches the practice of Test Driven Development using the Java. Developing using TDD and Java is very fast when using advanced tools like Eclipse. As you define the tests, Eclipse will write a lot of the tedious Java code for you.

In this course you will learn why TDD is an important practice for overcoming some of the challenges many developers face including unpredictable schedules, poor quality, and the problems that follow.

TDD for Java Programmers Course Specifics

• 2 days
• 3 days - with Fitnesse based acceptance testing

• Software Developers
• Technical team leaders
• Managers that want to know the technology they manager

• Java Programming

• TDD C Programmers
• TDD C++ Programmers
• TDD C# Programmers
• Acceptance Testing with FitNesse

This is a hands-on course that teaches the practice of Test Driven Development in Java

• Test Driven Development
  • Why Test Driven Development?
  • What is Test Driven Development?
  • TDD Microcycle
  • Let Eclipse Write the code for you!
  • JUnit - unit test harness
  • Eclipse development environment
  • Exercise - Independent Objects
• Testable Designs
  • TDD and Collaborating Objects - testing the code in the middle
  • Test Fakes, Stubs, Doubles, Mocks
  • Exercise - Collaborating Objects
• Managing External Dependencies
  • Self-Validating Mock Objects
  • Exercise - Device Driver
• Intro to Refactoring
  • Test Smells, Code Smells
  • Critical Skills
  • Incremental Improvement
  • Eclipse Automated Refactoring
  • Exercise
• Architectural Vision and Incremental Delivery
  • The Big Picture
  • Vertical Slices
  • From Specific to General
  • Exercise
  • Exercise
• Wrap up Discussion