discover the power of red-green-refactor with the counterstring code kata
People who practice test-driven development (TDD) often describe it as a powerful approach. And while they make a convincing case, nothing beats experiencing it for yourself. So that's exactly what we'll do in this workshop.
We'll start with a brief explanation of TDD's red-green-refactor cycle. Red: write a test for the next bit of functionality you want to add. Green: write the code needed to make the test pass. Refactor: improve the code and the tests. Next, it's time to put that cycle into practice implementing a fairly simple algorithm. There's very little setup needed, so you can do this in any programming language you like.
In the last part of the workshop you'll share you experiences and your code. We'll reflect on those as a group, drawing lessons from it. And we'll discuss how the red-green-refactor cycle applies, even when you're writing something that's not unit testable, like test automation.
