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  • 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.

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