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    Author: Rob Myers

    One of Rob's clients had this to say: "It’s quite rare, but every once in a while you’ll meet someone whose skills are so deep and ninja-like that your own professional capabilities are expanded just for having met them. Rob Myers is to agile software development what Yoda is to practical use of The Force. He put the [team] on a whole ‘nother level, in terms of how we do what we do. I’ll always be grateful for the gifts of insight he gave us and the change he wrought in our process." Rob has been delivering Agile technical courses since 2002. All his courses are a blend of fun, practical, hands-on labs, "Training From the Back of the Room” learning techniques, and relevant first-person stories from both successful and not-so-successful Agile implementations. He has over 30 years of professional experience in software development, and has been coaching teams on Scrum, Agile, and software development skills since 1998.

    The Password-Strength Checker Design Kata – Part 2

    (If you haven’t read or completed part 1 yet, click here: https://agileforall.com/the-password-strength-checker-design-kata-part-1/ ) So far… How often did you have to go back to an existing test…

    Rob Myers 2020-07-30
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    The Password-Strength Checker Design Kata – Part 1

    In two of my three technical courses (Essential Agile Engineering Skills and Essential Test-Driven Development), the first major topic I cover is refactoring, its role on an…

    Rob Myers 2020-07-01
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    Technical Debt, & the “Core Four” Practices to Avoid It

    Readers! Subscribers! “Followers”! I hope you are all healthy and safe. What is “Technical Debt”? People are still debating over the one true meaning of…

    Rob Myers 2020-06-09
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    A History of Test-Driven Development (TDD), as Told in Quotes

    Nope, I haven’t forgotten that my next newsletter was going to be in response to a comment on the last newsletter. But I’ve discovered the…

    Rob Myers 2020-01-14
    4 Comments

    Can a Unit of Behavior Span Objects?

    A client recently asked me if a unit test could test multiple objects. On the surface, you might suppose my immediate answer would be “No…

    Rob Myers 2019-08-08
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    A Dozen Reasons Why Test-First is Better than Test-Later, Pt. 3

    The third and final part in the Developer Essentials mini-series of posts about test driven development (TDD). Click here, if you missed Part 1 or…

    Rob Myers 2019-06-06
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    A Dozen Reasons Why Test-First Is Better Than Test-Later (Pt. 2)

    From the Developer Essentials Newsletter: The intersection of Agile methods and technical software development. If you missed Part 1, review it here.

    Rob Myers 2019-04-15
    3 Comments

    A Dozen Reasons Why Test-First Is Better Than Test-Later (Pt. 1)

    An editor of Dr. Dobbs magazine once wrote to me—replying to my response to an article—“All the benefits [of Test-Driven Development] could be attained equally…

    Rob Myers 2019-03-15
    2 Comments

    Object Oriented Programming in a Nutshell

    Next year I’ll likely be teaching Essential Test-Driven Development to a team that includes about 50% COBOL programmers. I told the client I’d look for…

    Rob Myers 2018-11-08
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    A Recipe for an Agile Team Space

    Occasionally, I’ve been asked to help design team rooms for a client.  They may have been planning to hire an ergonomic architect/designer in addition to…

    Rob Myers 2018-10-09
    3 Comments

    Sharpen Your Knives

    You’ve heard the old adage about the lumberjack who—in order to cut a tree in an hour—will take 45 minutes to sharpen the saw? This…

    Rob Myers 2018-08-10
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    Exceptional Circumstances

    In our BDD course, we use a real example of an online library patron portal. Course participants are provided with a number of (often vague)…

    Rob Myers 2018-06-01
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    Testing the User Interface

    I often get questions about testing “the user interface” or “the front end.” This comes up in all our technical Agile classes (Behavior Driven Development,…

    Rob Myers 2018-04-01
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    Good Design, part IV: The Role of Tests

    We’ve seen how refactoring becomes the primary design activity on an Agile team. Diligent, confident refactoring is possible to the degree that the code is…

    Rob Myers 2018-03-01
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    Good Design, Part III: Refactoring

    Remember this?  

    Rob Myers 2018-01-26
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    Good Design, Part II: Code Smells

    Last month we talked about good software design and introduced the notion of code smells. Code smells are names given to those instinctual thoughts you…

    Rob Myers 2017-12-19
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    Good Design

    I’ve learned not to assume a team has experienced a variety of software design skills. Some are writing elegant functional-paradigm code in archaic, challenging languages.…

    Rob Myers 2017-11-27
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    How TDD is More Than Simply Unit Testing

    I was recently asked about the difference between unit-testing and Test-Driven Development (TDD). Specifically, why—if the end results are the same—would I recommend TDD over…

    Rob Myers 2017-10-04
    1 Comment

    Frequently Asked Questions about Agile Technical Skills

    What are the Agile Engineering Skills, Scrum Developer Practices, or Software Craftsmanship practices? These are three (of many) common names for a set of practices…

    Rob Myers 2017-07-30
    2 Comments

    Yet Another Meeting?! Ways to Recharge Your Daily Scrum

    Let’s cut to the chase:  No one likes meetings.  A status meeting every day is enough to drive you crazy.

    Rob Myers 2017-05-22
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