THE VIDEO SHELF · software engineering research
Software Engineering's Greatest Hits
Greg Wilson surveys what empirical research actually shows about software development, why we believe it, and how to share that knowledge more widely. It covers evidence on practices such as TDD and design patterns.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN people recommend it as an evidence-based counterweight to opinion in software engineering debates.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Greg Wilson
- Topic
- software engineering research
- Format
- talk
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2021–2022
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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There are quantitative studies showing that TDD has little to no impact development time or code quality[0]. What has been found, however, is that writing code in short increments helps a lot (something that can be caused by using TDD). For more information on studies …
nestorD on Hacker News · 2022-08
In I have complicated feelings about TDDThat (or more likely [VIDEO] since that's where the info is) would make a good HN submission in its own right. Probably best to wait a few days to let the hivemind caches clear (followup/copycat posts aren't great: [LINK] ). If you submit it, let …
dang on Hacker News · 2021-07
In Software engineering research is a train wreck
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