18: TDD and Phoenix with German Velasco

We cover the news then talk with German Velasco about his free book "Test-Driven Development with Phoenix". He shares his experiences of learning TDD at ThoughtBot, his writing process, tips and more. On TDD, we talk about the benefits we see, the process of "Red Green Refactor", tools and even when we don’t do it. Some great insights!

Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/18

Elixir Community News

• https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2020/10/08/real-time-communication-at-scale-with-elixir-at-discord/ – Elixir case study with Discord
• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvL2NEhYV4ZtZ3c4NEvwvvvpOlEY2NrYQ – Code Beam Virtual 2020 videos
• https://elixirforum.com/t/oban-reliable-and-observable-job-processing/22449/232 – Oban v2.2.0 released
• https://twitter.com/peramides/status/1314328438208045056 – New IEx feature - tab after open parentheses
• https://github.com/elixir-ecto/ecto/blob/v3.5.2/CHANGELOG.md – Ecto 3.5 point releases
• https://twitter.com/sasajuric/status/1315558664946753536 – Saša Jurić Parent 0.11.0 library

Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir or email at [email protected]

Discussion Resources

• https://thoughtbot.com/
• https://www.taxjar.com/
• https://github.com/thoughtbot/ex_machina
• https://github.com/thoughtbot/bamboo
• https://github.com/thoughtbot/constable
• https://thoughtbot.com/upcase/
• http://www.germanvelasco.com/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8NURVLysrk
• https://www.tddphoenix.com/ – German's TDD book online
• https://hex.pm/packages/mix_test_watch
• https://github.com/vim-test/vim-test
• https://bernheisel.com/blog/vim-workflow
• https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Well-Classic-Guide-Nonfiction/dp/0060891548
• https://github.com/reedes/vim-wordy

Guest Information

• https://twitter.com/germsvel – on Twitter
• https://github.com/germsvel/ – on Github
• http://www.germanvelasco.com/ – Blog
• https://www.tddphoenix.com/ – TDD Book

Find us online

• Message the show - @ThinkingElixir
• Email the show - [email protected]
• Mark Ericksen - @brainlid
• David Bernheisel - @bernheisel
• Cade Ward - @cadebward