What does it mean to constantly address design while building code? In this class we will all jointly develop a small codebase, Randori style. You’ll contribute to the continuous design decisions needed to grow a healthy system while having fun in a fun, slightly boisterous but safe and comfortable environment.

• The value of up-front design

• The TDD cycle

• TDD schools

• Test-first vs. test-after

• Simple Design

  • Incrementalism

  • Minimizing duplication

  • Maximizing expressiveness

  • Minimizing speculative design

• Other design heuristics

  • Code smells

  • SOLID

  • Design patterns

• Refactoring

• Dependency management

• Test doubles / mocks

• Measuring design health

• Sustaining quality