Bad Testing, Good Testing and DevOps 101

On an evening with heavy sleet showers, Agile Yorkshire attendees could have been forgiven for heading to the warmth of their homes. It was, however, fantastic to see yet another packed house. We could have filled the room twice over as for the first time, we saw more names added to the waiting list than places available.

This month's first speaker was Andy Burgin, the founder of the Leeds Devops Group, speaking on that very topic in the 30 minute slot. Andy was followed by Seb Rose who discussed what makes a unit test good or bad.

Andy took the audience through the history of the devops movement while telling the group about 5 definitions of devops and discussing the problems devops attempts to resolve. It was demonstrated, that as with many development practices, the culture around devops is hugely important.

Andy suggested that it is not a good idea to try jumping straight in with automation, but allow a culture to develop which can then be supported with technology.