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Daniel Irvine

@danielirvine

Freelance software dev. XP, TDD, and all that good stuff. Author of Mastering React Test-Driven Development.

 London, United Kingdom
danielirvine.com/
Joined May 2010
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The second edition of Mastering React Test-Driven Development is out today 🎉 With a new foreword by @searls. Amazon US link: packt.link/DanielIrvine
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This Thursday I’m giving a talk on ”The Joy of Not-Scale Development” although I may just talk about “The Joy of Excel Spreadsheets” instead. Sign up: meetup.com/NeXt-Gen/events/2…
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This open space is a personal favourite... and it’s run by some lovely people 🤗
SoCraTes UK (@SoCraTes_UK) profile pictureSoCraTes UK@SoCraTes_UK5 Mar 2020
Happy Pre-Friday everyone! We still have enough tickets available for #SoCraTesUK socratesuk.org/tickets.html
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Do you aim for 80% code coverage? Let me guess which 80% you choose… 😉 dev.to/d_ir/do-you-aim-for-8…
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Queer Code London@QCLdn7 Feb 2020
🌈 Queer coders! Come spend an evening with @ThisIsJoFrank and @Singsalad at @thoughtworks, on Thursday Feb 20 🌈meetup.com/Queer-Code-London…
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Whatever happened to the test pyramid? dev.to/d_ir/whatever-happene…

Whatever happened to the test pyramid?

The humble unit test has taken a beating in recent times. What did it ever do wrong?

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Do devs really need to test? 🤫 dev.to/d_ir/do-devs-really-n…
Do devs really need to test?

Do devs really need to test?

There’s one big reason why you wouldn’t want to test

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This talk by @izs is great, delivered with a perfect judgement-free attitude. When your software must be of the highest quality, 100% code coverage is desirable. Here are many reasons why. youtube.com/watch?v=hJ4XHQHh…

Assert(js) 2019: Isaac Schlueter (npm) - 99% is not enough - full test coverage and why it's awesome

This is a talk about the benefits of rocking 100% test coverage (al...

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How to convince devs to do more testing dev.to/d_ir/how-to-convince-…
How to convince devs to do more testing

How to convince devs to do more testing

Why do developers not write more tests? This blog post looks at some reasons why.

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Replying to @danielirvine @michelgrootjans @SoCraTes_UK
with a different phrasing is also in our book...
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Beyond #tdd: breaking the rules dev.to/d_ir/beyond-tdd-break…
Beyond TDD: breaking the rules

Beyond TDD: breaking the rules

Rules are made to be broken, right? TDD is a strict set of rules that define a process for building software. But experienced practitioners have moved beyond the rules and work towards something else...

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Consider your message when you state your opinions dev.to/d_ir/get-your-words-r…
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I tend to agree; like a good barrel of whiskey, age and maturity are two different things. And #SoftwareEngineering is no exception. Thanks @d_ir. dev.to/d_ir/become-a-mature-… #Coding #LearnToCode #career #software #softwaredevelopers #programmer #agile #Scrum #100DaysOfCode
Become a mature developer, not a senior developer

Become a mature developer, not a senior developer

Junior/senior is a terrible way to judge a developer. This post is a reminder that we should be talking about “mature” developers instead

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Queer Code London@QCLdn20 Jan 2020
Fancy speaking at a Queer Code event? Or instructing a workshop? Get in touch with us and we can make it happen. First time speakers are especially welcome. papercall.io/queer-code-lond…
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The two hardest problems in computer science are people, and convincing people that people are the hardest problem in computer science.
Daniel Irvine (@danielirvine) profile pictureDaniel Irvine@danielirvine19 Jan 2020
I wrote something about ”clean” code and why me & others avoid using that word, even though we still believe in the idea. dev.to/d_ir/clean-code-dirty…
Clean code, dirty code, human code

Clean code, dirty code, human code

Let’s stop judging each other’s code. Instead, let’s work together to make our codebases better.

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I wrote something about ”clean” code and why me & others avoid using that word, even though we still believe in the idea. dev.to/d_ir/clean-code-dirty…
Clean code, dirty code, human code

Clean code, dirty code, human code

Let’s stop judging each other’s code. Instead, let’s work together to make our codebases better.

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Tips for writing better @sveltejs tests. My last post in this series. 🤗 dev.to/d_ir/tips-for-writing…
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How to test Svelte context: dev.to/d_ir/testing-svelte-c…
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