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A Scalable, Peer-led Model for Building Good Habits in Large & Diverse Development Teams
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Summary
Jason Gorman presents how developers can learn TDD to the point of transforming the knowledge acquired into habits by exercising a number of practices over a period of 4-6 months followed by evaluation done by fellow co-workers.
Bio
Jason Gorman has 17 years experience in software development, including 10 as an XP/TDD practitioner and coach. Recent coaching activities have focused on instilling good habits through continued dedicated practice and peer assessment, allowing teams without a master craftsman to learn from each other. He chaired the first international conference in Software Craftsmanship in 2009 at the BBC.
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Oct 05, 2010
Community comments
Proof of the Pudding
by Ajay Bhosale,
Re: Proof of the Pudding
by Jason Gorman,
Proof of the Pudding
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Nice presentation, how you calculate the % Duplicate Code, any 3rd party tool?
Re: Proof of the Pudding
by Jason Gorman,
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Thanks. We used a tool called Simian, which can detect obvious duplication in pretty much any test-based files (Java, XML etc)