Tutorial

This tutorial introduces the Framework for Integrated Test (fit) and demonstrates its use in Test-Driven Development (TDD), as practiced in Extreme Programming and other agile development methods. Projects use fit-style tests both to guide programming and to test the correctness of the result. Test-driven designs are more easily "refactored," making it the only programming method that expects programs to get "cleaner" over time.

Short lectures will explain just enough of Extreme Programming to establish the context for test-driven design. These will be followed by live demonstrations and laboratory exercises. The labs will use simple Java, but the emphasis is on familiarity with the frameworks, tools and techniques, not programming. If you are unfamiliar with Java, you will learn enough just by watching to be able to complete some of the exercises and obtain all of the benefits of the tutorial.

Bring a laptop, or join someone who has one, to do hands-on exercises. Bring a wireless networking card to participate in additional "online" activities. Install Java at home to save time in class. Google "sun java download" to find a version for your computer.

Attendee background

Prerequisites: Some programming experience with an object-oriented language is required (not necessarily Java). Familiarity with downloading and installing software is also required.

Format

Lecture, demonstration, and optional exercises

Presenter

Ward Cunningham is a founder of Cunningham & Cunningham, Inc. He has served as Director of R&D at Wyatt Software and as Principle Engineer in the Tektronix Computer Research Laboratory. Ward is well known for his contributions to the developing practice of object-oriented programming, the variation called Extreme Programming, and the communities hosted by his WikiWikiWeb.