Nicolai Parlog
From Disy
Nicolai is a thirty year old boy, as the narrator would put it, who has found his passion in software development. He constantly reads, thinks, and writes about it, and codes for a living as well as for fun.
He works as at Disy, Germany's leading provider for spatial and environmental IT-solutions, where he improves the flagship product. He started blogging in September 2014 and has since been published on InfoQ, JAXenter, and Voxxed (amongst others).
Blog: http://codefx.org
Java, JVM, Java SE/EE
JUnit 5: Next Generation Testing on the JVM
Java's most ubiquitous library is getting an update! And this is the time to see what's new and weigh in on its course.
This talk will...
- show you how to write tests with JUnit 5
- walk you through the changes compared to JUnit 4
- present the new architecture
- discuss compatibility with previous JUnit versions, IDEs, and other testing tools
Be careful, though: You might end up with an urge to start using it right away.
Methodology & Culture
Comment Your &*☠# Code!
You think your code is so clean that it doesn't need any comments? Or are your colleagues convinced that all comments are failures? Then this talk is for you!
Let's first dispute some common arguments against commenting code: Comments lie? Tests are better? Good names suffice? We'll find fault with all of them (and more)!
With that out of the way we'll categorize comments and analyze their costs and benefits. This will give us the means to discuss the end: Which comments will improve a code base?
Of course, every team has to come up with its own answer. But the vocabulary and ideas presented in this talk can help find it.