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🚀 TDD, Where Did It All Go Wrong (Ian Cooper)
DevTernity Conference · Dec 20, 2017 · 1h 3m
What this video covers
Ian Cooper's DevTernity talk revisits Kent Beck's original TDD ideas and shows where misunderstandings crept in. It argues tests should target behaviors through public interfaces rather than implementation details, so suites support refactoring instead of resisting it.
Why it surfaced in Hacker News
HN repeatedly calls it the best talk on testing, and many say it changed how they approach tests, mocks and the meaning of a unit.
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Recommendation context
Short excerpts from positive mentions. Open the source to read the full Hacker News discussion.
“please watch Ian Cooper's "TDD, Where Did It All Go Wrong”
“The best talk on this topic, IMO is Ian Cooper: "TDD, Where did it all go wrong?”
“This excellent talk completely changed the way I approached testing. Every developer who writes tests needs to watch this now!”