Jonas Nicklas's guest appearances

Jonas Nicklas

CodeNewbie

Jason Scott

Majora Carter

Chris Palmer

Ben Orenstein

Kanika Tolver

Kristy Tillman

Chris Coyier

Laura Elizabeth

Lara Hogan

Mina Markham

Rachel Nabors

Andrew Chen

Ryan Hoover

Linda Liukas

Jerod Santo

OwlTail

If you're new to testing, the idea of writing tests for code that you wrote might sound strange. You just wrote it, so, theoretically, you should know what it does, right? But with a growing codebase and lots of people touching the code, implementing your piece of software might come with some unexpected side effects! Jonas explains why testing is so important, how to get started, and what it was like to write Capybara, the very popular testing framework. Show Links AWS Insiders  (sponsor)  Capybara Webrat Test Driven Development Codeland Conf Codeland 2019 Jonas NicklasJonas is a freelance developer from Gothenburg, Sweden, and the author of several well-known open source projects, including the acceptance testing framework Capybara.

<p>If you're new to testing, the idea of writing tests for code that you wrote might sound strange. You just wrote it, so, theoretically, you should know what it does, right? But with a growing codebase and lots of people touching the code, implementing your piece of software might come with some unexpected side effects! Jonas explains why testing is so important, how to get started, and what it was like to write Capybara, the very popular testing framework.</p> <h4>Show Links</h4> <ul><li><a href="https://link.chtbl.com/awsinsiders?sid=podcast.codenewbie" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AWS Insiders </a> (sponsor) </li> <li><a href="https://github.com/teamcapybara/capybara" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Capybara</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/brynary/webrat" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Webrat</a></li> <li><a href="https://medium.freecodecamp.org/test-driven-development-what-it-is-and-what-it-is-not-41fa6bca02a2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Test Driven Development</a></li> <li><a href="https://cnewbie.io/2GhU03r" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Codeland Conf</a></li> <li><a href="https://cnewbie.io/2Q5oA26" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Codeland 2019</a></li> </ul><h4>Jonas Nicklas</h4><p>Jonas is a freelance developer from Gothenburg, Sweden, and the author of several well-known open source projects, including the acceptance testing framework Capybara.</p>

S6:E4 - Why do I need to test my code? (Jonas Nicklas)