The automated tests that we write contain many langauges. The programming language, of course, but also the frameworks we use, and the domain language. The mash-up of languages create Frankenstein’s tests.
This is bad. The tests are not readable, open to interpretation, and are hard to understand and maintain. We need to take down the monster before it comes after us.
Talk Takeaways
Gil Zilberfeld has been in software since childhood, writing BASIC programs on his trusty Sinclair ZX81. He is a trainer and mentor working to make software better.
With more than 25 years of developing commercial software, he has vast experience in software methodology and practices. From unit testing to exploratory testing, design practices to clean code, API to web testing – he’s done it all.
Gil speaks frequently in international conferences about testing, TDD, clean code, and agile practices. He is the author of “Everyday Unit Testing” and “Everyday Spring Testing”, blogs and posts videos on these topics and in his spare time he shoots zombies, for fun.
