#VoxxedDaysCERN26

Learning the Test Driven Development methodology can teach you many techniques and good habits that make you a better developer even when not following the strict TDD process.

In this talk we'll look at some of these techniques, why we use them when following the TDD process and how they still apply when not doing TDD.

For example:
Powerful IDE code completion
Encapsulation, single responsibility principle
Code Coverage (and its pitfalls)
Automated testing strategies: unit, integration, acceptance, etc...

This talk is for software engineers of all levels that are new to, curious of, or skeptical about Test Driven Development. Forget the rules of TDD and focus on the benefits and you will become a better everyday developer

Devoxx

A conference talk by a CERN staff engineer with 18 years of Java experience advocating for TDD as a practice that improves everyday coding skills. The talk covers the red-green-refactor cycle with a live IntelliJ demo, explains why TDD produces better code coverage, tighter feedback loops, and safer refactoring. It defines good code as correct, understandable, maintainable, testable, and efficient, then argues TDD helps achieve all five properties. The speaker also addresses writing good test assertions, avoiding over-abstraction, and frames TDD as a scientific method. Crucially, the talk takes a non-dogmatic stance: TDD is a practice tool that builds good coding instincts, not a mandatory methodology.

TDD makes you a better everyday developer by Jesse Kershaw