5 Things to Read

• Node.js & JavaScript Testing Best Practices

  • This text will take ~30 min, but it worth it. Yoni Goldberg gives 29 tips, divided in 4 sections, about tests (checks) in Javascript.

    • “The Test Anatomy” goes into the basics explain anti-patterns in unit tests;
    • “Test Types” tells us about different types of tests that complements unit tests, with focus on the Test Pyramid (Consumer-Driven Contracts is particulary interesting);
    • “Measuring Test Effectiveness” talks about code coverage (take a look at the Mutation Testing section);
    • “CI & Other Quality Measures” goes into how to incorporate tests into the building process.

• A process has no name

  • Tristan Harward discusses about the benefit of not naming same things that we do. Weird? It seemed to me as well, but Tristan convinced me otherwise…

• Breaking the Test Case Addiction

  • Part 1 of 3 of a blog series by Michael Bolton, discussing how to move from test cases to other forms of traceability, both increasing flexibility and clarity, but without loosing confidence in coverage.

• The Bed of Procrustes by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  • An animated video summary of the book of aphorism of Nicholas Taleb. My two favorite?

    • “A good maxim allows you to have the last word without even starting a conversation.”
    • “You can tell how uninteresting a person is by asking him whom he finds interesting.”

• charlax/professional-programming

  • Another one of those awesome GitHub lists! This one comes with a series of tasks, concepts and tips on how to move towards becoming great programmer, from algorithms knowledge to tips on text editor configuration and soft skills.