alexcouper / tddtraining

Resources for a TDD training course.

tddtraining

Resources for a TDD training course. Initially created for a TDD in Python training for CCP developers at CCP Reykjavik, Iceland. Feel free to adapt and use for your own training, but please give me feedback if you find it useful.

Code Directories and Exercises

The code directory contains several subdirectories that are meant to be used in very particular ways. This is because code may need to be developed inside one folder but then copied to another folder.

Note that all code folders contain an __init__.py file to support cross-package imports. Use these carefully, please- they should only be used in the private instructor code. Preferably we'd use symlinks instead of copying things around but they have some issues on Windows.

Let's go through each exercise and its corresponding directory.

instructor_sources

Contains all authoritative source code that may go into exercise folders, along with supporting resources.

• mocking_resources

  Contains the "guerilla" features to use during the mocking exercise, an example mocking exercise implementation developed by instructors, and any other supporting stuff. Should not be given to students.

• tddai_resources

  Contains an example TicTacToe AI implementation developed by instructors. Not to be given to students.

• tddai_source

  Contains the source code for the TDD exercise. tictactoegame.py and run.py should be copied to exercise_tdd to give students a working TicTacToe game and a way to use it interactively.

exercise_mocking

Starter code for the mocking exercise. Give to students. Instructions are included in feature_requirements.rst.

exercise_tdd

Starter code for TDD exercise. Give to students. Instructions included in ai_requirements.rst. run.py and tictactoegame.py should be copied from instructor_sources/tddai_source directory.

Presenting

Presenting is done through the most-excellent reveal.js.

To get set up:

• Install node.js
• Install grunt
• Navigate to tddtraining/reveal.js/
• Run npm install to install all module dependencies.
• Run grunt serve to serve the presentation and monitor files for changes.
• Open http://localhost:8000/ to view your presentation.

Authors

All code compatible with Python 2.6+.

• Rob Galanakis: [e-mail]
• Alex Couper: [e-mail]