rOpenSci Community Call - Last Night, Testing Saved my Life
webinar, all welcome, no RSVP needed
Date: 2019-12-05
Event Details: https://ropensci.org/blog/2019/11/12/commcall-dec2019/
Tweet to share: https://twitter.com/rOpenSci/status/1194646101736882182
Description
As someone with a background in science, not software engineering, **Steffi LaZerte** will share her experiences using automated testing in R to ensure that packages do what they’re supposed to do, on all the operating systems they’re supposed to do it on, and that they handle weird stuff gracefully.Rich FitzJohn will talk about how to make testing much more useful than a chore that one does just because it is “best practice”, focussing on how testing has been useful in his work - refactoring code bases, preventing regressions, and improving how code is written in the first place. He will discuss how testing can help at the heart of processes, particularly in collaborative work, and how automating your testing leaves you with more time and energy to focus on your software, and describe strategies for testing as systems grow more complex, such as using mocking to simulate components.
Speaker bios, how to join the call etc, in the blog post.
What’s your story?
- What motivated you to start testing?
- What do you wish your past-self knew?
- What are your favorite resources on the topic?
- What questions do you have?
Tell us in the pre-Call discussion