Join APLN Houston for a Special Event at

Waste Management

1021 Main Street, Houston, Texas, 77002

Test Driven Development

Test Driven Development (TDD), one of the most profound eXtreme Programming practices, has been adopted by nearly all the Agile methods. Over the last decade, developers have discovered just how much more confidently and faster they can go by writing tests first! While there is such huge acceptance and appreciation for this practice, a lot of new teams struggle understanding and implementing this practice at work.

During this interactive tutorial, you'll learn the general thought process and the steps involved during a typical Test Driven session. You'll understand how developers can take a large business problem, break it down into thin-slices and drive the development (design and implementation) using acceptance tests and unit tests.

Naresh Jain, Independent Consultant, Quality & Community Evangelist @ Directi and Vice-Chairman of Agile Software Community of India

Naresh is software craftsman working as Quality and Community Evangelist for Directi. As an independent consultant, he helps software organizations deliver quality software solutions using Agile and Lean thinking.

Naresh is passionate about building a community of talented and capable software craftsman, the next generation software leaders in India. In recognition of his accomplishments, in 2007 the Agile Alliance awarded Naresh with the Gordon Pask Award for contributions to the Agile Community by establishing Agile User Groups in India and for creating the Simple Design and Testing conference. At present this is the most prestigious award in the Agile community.

Naresh Jain is the founder Vice-Chairman of the Agile Software Community of India (ASCI) . He has organized various conferences including the Simple Design And Testing Conference (SDTConf) and Agile Coach Camp. Naresh has help start various Agile Conference and User Groups including the Agile Philly User Group and various groups in India. Naresh is an active Open Source committer and enjoys teaching software development courses in Universities. By being a part of the team, Naresh helps software companies embrace agile.

Event Format

• 5:30pm - 5:50pm - Come network with your fellow agile practitioners
• 5:50pm - 6:00pm - APLN Houston Announcements
• 6:00pm - 7:00pm - Program

Sponsorships

Food and Refreshments!

Please help us thank Waste Management for their support of APLN Houston in providing both the meeting venue for this event, and also Food and Refreshments as you network with your fellow agile practitioners.

For more information about Waste Management please visit www.wm.com

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We also want to thank DISYS for their generous support in bringing Naresh Jain to Houston for this event.

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