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Episode 12 finds Allen and Mike in discussion with Ed. The group cover a few web articles on Test-Driven Development (TDD) and technical debt. Send feedback and topic requests via e-mail to “feedback” at “improvingpodcasts.com”

Links to the articles discussed:

- Robert C. “Uncle Bob” Martin’s “TDD Triage” article: http://blog.objectmentor.com/articles/2009/10/08/tdd-triage
- Janie Chang’s “Exploding Software Development Myths”: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/nagappan-100609.aspx
- Marting Fowler’s “Technical Debt Quadrant”: http://martinfowler.com/bliki/TechnicalDebtQuadrant.html
- Michael Dubakov’s “Tale: Deadline and Technical Debt”: http://www.targetprocess.com/blog/2009/11/tale-deadline-and-technical-debt.html

Also discussed is Casey Watson’s “Write This, Not That” site: http://writethisnotthat.com

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In Episode 3, Allen Hurst and Mike Abney are joined by Brett Bim, Mike Deck, and Mike Doberenz to discuss unit testing. Alternate titles for this episode were “Tests? We don’t need no stinking tests!” and “A Fistful of Mikes.” Episode topics include:

• Testing doesn’t give you what you think it does.
• Throw away your unit tests!
• Behavior-Driven Development (BDD)
• Tradeoffs in automating regression testing.

Links:

• Allen Hurst (@allenhurst) : http://ahurst.com
• Mike Abney (@mikeabney) : http://practicallyagile.com
• Brett Bim : http://mentalpandiculation.com/
• Mike Deck (@mikedeck)
• Deck and Doberenz’s blog : http://developmentasdialog.com

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