Ben Rady
Über Conf
Denver · June 14 - 17, 2010
Author, Creator of Infinitest
Ben is a passionate and pragmatic software developer. He is the creator of Infinitest, a continuous test runner for JUnit. Ben is the author of two books on the topic of CT: “Continuous Testing in Ruby” and “Continuous Testing in Java”, both soon to be published with the Pragmatic Bookshelf. He also contributes to a number of other projects that benefit the open source community, and regularly speaks at conferences and user groups around the country.
Presently employed as a Senior Software Engineer at DRW Trading Group, Ben is focused on helping teams improve their development practices to support rapid and regular delivery of well crafted software.
Presentations
Test Driven Development in Java: Live and Uncensored
One of the barriers to wider adoption of TDD is that it is best taught from within a team, and the technical challenges of writing tests frequently thwart those looking to teach themselves.
Continuous Testing on the JVM
Continuous Testing (CT) is a developer practice that shortens the feedback loop established by Test Driven Development. It gives you near instant feedback about the correctness of your code, and helps you find bugs as quickly as syntax errors.
Iteration-less, Value-Based Planning
One of the hallmarks of a healthy Agile team is its ability to introspect and adapt. Many mature Agile teams have started to experiment with iteration-less development, in which releases occur as each new feature or story is completed. This practice allows for more frequent releases and smaller batch sizes, but can create problems when teams are forced to re-evaluate how they plan. In addition, the technical practices necessary to support this style of development are difficult to master, and some teams find themselves releasing more often at the expense of quality. I