Interesting Talk: "The S.O.L.I.D. Principles of OO and Agile Design"

I've just watched this interesting talk by Robert Martin about the SOLID principles:

• The S.O.L.I.D. Principles of OO and Agile Design

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Books I read (January - April 2013)

January
- Matemàtica discreta. UOC. (2nd time)

February
- The New York Trilogy, Paul Auster

March
- The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Event-Driven Programming: Introduction, Tutorial, History, Stephen Pherg
- JavaScript Enlightenment, Cody Lindley

April
- El camino a un mejor programador, E. Manchado, J. Caraballo y Y. Darias
- The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley

Interesting Talk: "Automated Testing Patterns and Smells"

I've just watched this interesting talk by Gerard Meszaros:

• Automated Testing Patterns and Smells

He's the author of the XUnit Test Patterns, Refactoring Test Code book.
He talks about test smells, how to refactor them and about test patterns.

I think that this other talk, Listening to test smells, might be a great complement for this talk.

Three interesting readings about test doubles

These are three interesting readings about test doubles that have recently come along in the Valencia Agile Development Course:

• Mock Roles, not Objects
• Mocks Aren't Stubs
• Classic TDD or "London School"?

Interesting Interview: "Kent Beck on Implementation Patterns"

I've just watched (for the third time) this amazing interview with Kent Beck:

• Kent Beck on Implementation Patterns

The interview starts as the classical book presentation interview but then Beck goes really much deeper and reflects about the relationship between patterns and XP, problems when adopting agile, learning and the very meaning of programming.
His honesty and humbleness are amazing.
Hats off to Mr. Beck!

PS: Tomorrow we'll be debating this video at the Valencia Agile Development Course.