There is really nothing I can say about this…. Just, go there, go there NOW, and read.
Doctest, a ‘gateway drug’?
I am quite a proponent of TDD/BDD, my framework of choice being RSPEC within Rails But, I also understand that for people unused to TDD, the upfront investment seems daunting. So, I was very interested to be told about… DOCTEST…
Danger Will Robinson
I like RSPEC, I LOVE RSPEC. But, this morning, I found a flaw in its beauty. If you are using a lambda to verify that a block of code raises an exception it works fine. A problem occurs if you…
YES, that is RIGHT…. Warty AND Battle Scared.
I have been in the place of advocating ‘throw it away and start again’ several times. Sometimes it is required, when the code is fundamentally flawed, when the refactoring effort would be longer than the rewrite. But, I always worry.…
Joke: A project manager, a hardware engineer, and a programmer …
A project manager, a hardware engineer, and a programmer were in a car. Coming down a hill, a tyre got a puncture, the car went out of control, and a bad crash was only narrowly averted. The project manager wanted…
All the Phun of the Phair
Well, it is not often that I find something I really like. Maybe once or twice a year, someone does something that really makes me go WOW. Well, yesterday, I was amazed to hear of this… PHUN:“http://www.acc.umu.se/~emilk/” It’s a 2d…
My time is MY time, not YOUR time.
This is my first ‘Mr Angry’ post in a while. But, here goes…. RANT on!!! I just received a phone call for Wendy (the missus). I picked up the phone, said…. ‘Hello?’ silence… ‘Hello?!’ click… ‘Hello, may I speak to…
Horrified, but not Surprised
A friend pointed me towards an interesting article. Steveys Blog Rants And after reviewing it, I can say I am both horrified and unsurprised. Why? Because I have met several people who claim they are coders, who, when actually confronted…
Sourcecode Control and Alarm Bells.
Recently, I had the opportunity to reinforce the need for solid sourcecode control within any software project to a friend who was looking for a new coder (PHP). Previously, his sourcecode control policy centred around having good backups. Needless to…
Farewell Friend
Before christmas I was informed of the passing of a very good friend. I first met Paul Smith via his Bulletin board ‘raytech’ in the late 80s. Over the next few years we conversed daily via the board, and telephone…