Guest:
Seb Rose
@sebrose
Seb Rose talks with Dave Rael about work experiences outside software, getting involved, and understanding what you are trying to achieve
Consultant, coach, designer, analyst and developer for over 30 years.
Seb has been involved in the full development lifecycle with experience that ranges from Architecture to Support, from BASIC to Ruby. He’s a partner in Cucumber Limited, who help teams adopt and refine their agile practices, with a particular focus on collaboration and automated testing.
Regular speaker at conferences and occasional contributor to software journals. Contributing author to “97 Things Every Programmer Should Know” (O’Reilly) and lead author of “The Cucumber for Java Book” (Pragmatic Programmers).
He blogs at cucumber.io and tweets as @sebrose.
Chapters:
1:24 - Dave introduces the show and Seb Rose6:34 - Seb's involvement with Cucumber10:37 - The nature of Behavior-Driven Development13:15 - The things that "light Seb up"16:45 - How Seb got started in software18:50 - Seb's story of failure - taking on too much in unfamiliar territory23:55 - Seb's success stories - technical achievement and delivering value for users27:27 - How Seb stays current with what he needs to know29:23 - Seb's conference conference speaking history and advice for speakers33:51 - Seb's book recommendation34:34 - The things that have Seb most excited36:52 - Seb's sources of pain and suffering40:10 - Seb's prediction for the future of software41:15 - Misconceptions about Behavior-Driven Development and testing and the related consequences45:13 - Seb's top 3 tips for delivering more value
Resources:
Cucumber
Seb On blipfoto
The Cucumber for Java Book: Behaviour-Driven Development for Testers and Developers - Seb Rose
97 Things Every Programmer Should Know: Collective Wisdom from the Experts - null
British Computer Society
Matt Wynne on Developer On Fire
Aslak Hellesøy on Developer On Fire
Cucumber Pro
Cucumber School
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavior-driven_development
Thomas Sundberg
Group Posting with Thomas Sundberg Asking for BDD Elevator Pitch and Ultimately Answering
J.B. Rainsberger on Developer On Fire
Linn Sondek LP12
Uncle Bob Martin on Developer On Fire
ACCU Conference
ACCU Conference Videos
Jon Jagger on Developer On Fire
cyber-dojo
cyber-dojo Foundation
Dan North's Seminal BDD Blog Post
Mike Cohn's Test Pyramid
W. Edwards Deming
Matt Wynne on Deming's "American Toast" Quote
Seb's book recommendation:
Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests - Steve Freeman
Seb's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
Don't start yet
Understand what you are trying to achieve
Good enough really is good enough
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