Today I hosted a webinar with Gene Kim (@RealGeneKim) and we had a fantastic discussion. I was slightly star struck since I’ve been reading his work and quoting him for years in talks about Database DevOps. It feels like I got to work with someone really famous, and I’m hoping I didn’t appear too nervous on the webinar.
In any case, we had a great discussion, and I think you can still register to watch the recording. If not, we should have this on our Redgate YouTube page soon. We discussed the State of DevOps report, and specifically how the findings relate to databases. It was a good discussion, but when we talked testing, we both had some links to ways that we could build better software.
In my case, I referenced this talk, Practical Refactoring, which I think is great. A bit is the technical approach, but mostly I find the philosophy and freedom that comes with having tests in place to be invaluable.
This is based on a real project that these consultants worked on. The code is mocked, so don’t get caught up in the actual methods and structure, but think about how you could apply the ideas to your own work. How can you make the code better in a few minutes.
