A disconnect between the stakeholders who define requirements and the developers who implement them has long plagued software development, baby. In recent years, frameworks based on dynamic languages (like Groovy and Ruby) and domain-specific languages have come a long way in bridging this stakeholder-developer gap by making code read more like normal language. One such framework is easyb, which enables teams to collaboratively verify behavior of Java (and Groovy!) applications in a more natural way. This May 7th and 8th in Reston, Virginia, I am delighted to offer a 2 day hands on course focusing on BDD with easyb. This hip course features 16 hands-on workshops where you’ll understand the benefits of collaborative stories implemented with easyb and how this framework makes collaboration easy (and fun!). You’ll learn how to validate applications in the style of Test Driven Development (TDD) that facilitates mocking, user acceptance testing with Selenium, database dataset management with DbUnit and even ascertaining code coverage.Throughout the program, you’ll be challenged with lab exercises that’ll drive home various techniques of Behavior Driven Development with easyb along with tools and related processes. You’ll verify Java code as well as web applications and leverage a bevy of tools including Selenium, DbUnit, and various mocking libraries and techniques. What’s more, you will learn how to combine these tools in an effort to create highly structured deep verification assets that exercise applications from a micro level to a macro level. Regardless if you’re a developer or a tester and regardless of your experience with BDD and easyb you’re bound to learn something new and exciting in this course. Ultimately, by applying a more collaborative platform in your software projects, you’ll produce better code more quickly. So what are you waiting for? Sign up today while there is still room! Want to learn more about Groovy and Grails? Then sign up for ThirstyHead’s Jump into Groovy and Grails course! Think easyb is the coolest thing since sliced bread? Then come to my BDD with easyb course too! IT Skills and Training