#xpman 130 A Taxonomy for TDD
April’s XPManchester is a hybrid practical/discussion session based around the idea of trying to classify “moves” we can make whilst developing using TDD.
Bill Wake recently described TDD as a tension between making progress on the feature and stabilising what we have.
Online (Zoom) 8th April 2021
Meet from 18:30 for a 19:00 Start
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#xpman 129 – TDD & Emergent Design, Demonstrated through Sudoku
In this session, Ian Howarth demonstrates some of the points he was making in January’s discussion about how he approaches TDD, by making a program to to solve Sudoku problems.
This will be an interactive session, with opportunities for discussion and questions as Ian walks us through the problem.
March 11th 2021 18:30
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#xpman 128 – Looking for Root Causes – Why isn’t XP more widely adopted?
Why aren’t XP practices such as TDD more widely adopted?
This is the question that Martin Tierney will be helping us investigate through structured Root Cause Analysis.
The aim is to take away some actions that will help promote better working practices within our organisations.
The session will start at 7pm on Thursday 11th February via Zoom, but it will be open from 18:30 for social chats and catch ups.
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#xpman 127 – Revisiting TDD Sudoku
This session is an experiment, and will likely be a “play by ear” type of affair.
This session will be most likely be group discussion based upon the options we have for progressing, and we may form a small mob to explore the options we have. Should their be appetite for more, we may continue this onto another month.
Grab a ticket for the online meeting.
We’ll be meeting from 18:30 for a 19:00 start this Thursday, 14th January.
#xpman 126 – Christmas Kata
This month we have a Christmas themed kata to work on.
The zoom meeting will open at 6.30pm ready to start at 7pm. The invite will be sent out on the day.
Tickets available here.
#xpman 125 – lean coffee
This month we will be hosting a discussion using the lean coffee format on anything related to XP.
We’ll send out a link to a zoom meeting on the day, which will start at 6.30 if anyone wants to come on and chat before we get started at 7pm.
Tickets available here.
#xpman 124 – improving our tests using DSLs
This is a retrospective post so we can remember what things we’ve covered after I forgot to update the blog last month.
#xpman 123 – Deadlines and Estimates – for good or evil?
This month we’ll be hosting one of our annual debates or a goldfish bowl style discussion on the subject of estimates and deadlines.
On Thursday 10th September we’ll be meeting via zoom from 6:30 for a natter and pre-amble before properly kicking off at 7pm.
If you’re brave enough to volunteer to help kick off the initial discussion, please email markkirschstein at g mail dot com.
#xpman 122 – August Lightning Talks
We have an eclectic selection of lightning talks for you all this month
- Async meetings – Iain Mitchell
- Is perfection a reasonable goal – Clare Sudbery
- Inclusive language – Caroline Hetwell
- Happy Developers – Matt Hunt
- Team Topologies – Neil Vass
When? August 13th from 18:30
Where? Online via ZoomÂ
To attend, grab a free ticket and we’ll email you a link to the Zoom before the event starts
#xpman 121 – liberating structures
This month we’ll be introducing Liberating Structure: a set of exercises you can use to help with collaboration.
We’ll be meeting via Zoom, the link will be activated at half 6 ready to start at 7.
Tickets available here
