Software Practices

TH18 Unit Testing Makes Me Faster: Convincing Your Boss, Your Co-Workers, and Yourself

08/16/2018

2:00pm - 3:15pm

Level: Introductory

Jeremy Clark

Developer Educator

JeremyBytes.com

Bosses hate unit testing. They see it as code that doesn't contribute to the final product. And maybe you see testing that way as well. Here's the truth though: unit testing makes us faster. You'll look at specific examples of how unit tests save time in the development process by letting us code more confidently, catch bugs earlier, and minimize manual testing. With this in hand, you can show your boss (and yourself) how unit testing makes us faster.

You will learn:

  • How to increase confidence and reduce manual testing with automated unit tests. Result: Go faster
  • How to catch bugs early in the development life-cycle with automated unit tests. Result: Go faster
  • How to reduce the number of regression bugs when changing existing code. Result: Go faster