John Smart

Learn how to write robust and articulate tests using the Screenplay Pattern, an innovative approach to writing BDD-style automated acceptance tests that are easier to understand, easier to extend and easier to maintain. You will also witness a demonstration of these principles in action, with live coding of Serenity BDD automated tests, and see how Serenity BDD turns the Screenplay tests into living documentation.

While the demonstration will be in Java and will use the open source Serenity BDD library, the Screenplay pattern can be applied to any language or framework.

Hands-on session talk: 100 minutes long, code heavy, practical session

Experience the full BDD lifecycle with the author of BDD in Action!

Good BDD, TDD and Software Craftsmanship practices can reduce defects by 90% or more, promote better design, make the code easier to understand and to modify, and cheaper to maintain, and above all focus work on the features that really matter. But this skills are notoriously hard to master without help. This hands-on workshop will immerse students in a realistic project, using pair programming and BDD/TDD practices to implement a number of business features. Students will learn how to:

• Capture requirements in the form of executable specifications
• Use automated acceptance tests to focus work on the features that matter
• Write unit tests in the form of executable specifications that help design and implement your software
• Refine and evolve your software design using TDD and refactoring
• Apply OO Design and SOLID principles to write clean, maintainable code
• Write highly readable, highly maintainable code that is a fluent expression of the business domain
• Write unit tests that can act as living technical documentation