AmsterdamPHP Monthly Meeting - December/2016
15 Dec 2016 at Vastgoeddata

Awesome!

It answered all the questions beginners have when start doing TDD.

But I think every speaker forgets to mention two things I think are good for beginners also:

1: TDD is not only about unit test. TDD is a big cycle where it make the developer think before code. We can think as TDD as specification first, then code.

2: TDD drives us to create a better code design, but if a beginner does not know anything about good design (read SOLID and CLEAN code), probably the this guy will give up of TDD.

The talk covered the subject from beginning to end and questions where answered clear and straightforward. The only remark I have is that at some moments the speed was quite high, but that was probably due to the 1 hour time-box.

I really liked your talk. Two thinks I would like to ask you (and other speakers as well) to never remove from a talk :)

1. when you asked the crowd if they knew some concept or word, despite the answer, you explained it anyway. Great ! Also your explanation then was short and very clear. :thumbsup:

2. during your talk you showed your folder-structure and explained some of the files. It was the first time I saw someone do it during a talk (have to admit I do not attend tons of talks). Maybe this seems a little bit simple for some people, but for me it somehow just makes the difference between really-understanding and kind-of-understanding what is told. In this talk I also would have understood everything without it, but still it made me happy to see you do it and I would encourage other people to do it as well in their talks.

great talk: nice subject, pleasurable style of talking... keep it going!