Meetup in Tilburg: Testing with talks from Jelrik van Hal and Gert de Pagter

We would like to welcome you for our next BrabantPHP meetup. This meetup will take place in Tilburg at Freshheads.
Starting time: 19:00 (with food). You can arrive earlier (18:00) and use the Freshheads office as working place or just have a drink.

Talk - The power of auto-review tests - Gert de Pagter
Discover the power of auto-review tests and how they can reduce what you need to check during code review process.

In this talk, you'll learn what auto-review tests are, how to create and maintain them, and see real-world examples of their application. By the end, you'll understand the advantages they bring, including increased efficiency, consistency, and reduced manual effort in code reviews

Gert is a software engineer at Tactiplan, where he focuses on writing maintainable code, and improving the quality of the code base ever day.

Talk - What I learned about testing - Jelrik van Hal
We all have automated tests. Right? Right?!

Anyway. This talk is not an introduction to tooling like PHPUnit or PEST. You will not learn how to write your very first tests using Cypress. Instead, we will tweak your tests and testsuite little by little.

I'll share my top insights I've found over the years. For example, we will touch upon what is valuable to test; when it is effective to test; how you can structure your tests for optimized understanding; and how you can prove that your tests are valuable. What I hope you will take away are these small ideas that take your automated testing to the next level.

Jelrik is an experienced software engineer, and has been turning tea into code professionally since 2005. He is most interested in automated quality control: how do we know and prove that our software works and will keep working, even when we continuously grow it even further? Some keywords that he uses in his daily work are domain driven design, continuous delivery, liberating structures, mob programming, and trunk-based development.

About the location:
The location is at the Fressheads office near the Wilhelmina park. It's within walking distance of the train station. Loads of free parking spaces are available around the building.
If you come by bicycle you are advised to park your bicycle in the backyard of the Freshheads office.

Freshheads is a digital agency with about 50 employees and has sponsored several occasions of Brabant PHP. For more information, check their website https://www.freshheads.com

About the meetup:
• attending the meetup is free (as in free beer);
• free food (pizza) and free drinks are provided!;
• food is available between 19:00 and 19:30;
• the talk will start at 19:30;
• spoken language is English unless not necessary;
• suitable for novice to expert level;
• held at Freshheads;
• free parking spaces are right around the building.

Contribute
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