Testing, TDD and Catch2

As the original author of the C++ test framework Catch, now Catch2 as well as the Swift test framework front-end, Swordfish, I have a long history with automated testing in C++ and other languages.

I now offer coaching and training in TDD and good test practices. For the last few years I've been running a two day TDD course at CppCon and NDC TechTown, as well as some other conferences as a one day version. During the coronavirus pandemic I have continued to offer these courses remotely.

I can also provide training based on this material - but tailored to your needs - directly to your company or organisation.

Topics covered (depending on time and preference) include:

• What is a test?
• Types and roles of tests.
• How to write good tests (and avoid writing bad ones).
• What are the benefits of writing tests first?
• The TDD cycle
• The art and craft of TDD
• The psychology of TDD and maximising mental flow states
• How TDD slows you down
• How TDD makes you go faster!
• Design principles that are related to testing
• Deliberate practice
• The transformation priority premise
• BDD
• Property based testing
• Mutation and Fuzz testing (not in depth)
• Mocking and faking (pros and cons)
• Addressing slow, flakey and brittle tests
• Should you test private implementation?
• How do you test singletons?
• When should you not write tests?
• Working with legacy code

If you'd like to book something, or to find out more, please send me an email