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Doctest, a ‘gateway drug’?

Posted on: April 14, 2008 Last updated on: April 14, 2008 Written by: peterm Comments: 0
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…
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Agile ain’t about FAST….

Posted on: September 6, 2007 Last updated on: September 6, 2007 Written by: peterm Comments: 0
… it’s about GOOD. Using Agile techniques, Rails for instance, or any of the other new frameworks popping up more quickly than mushrooms on a cowturn in a darkened room, and things like TDD, BDD, SPEC driven whatever, is NOT…
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RSPEC: Am I going too far.

Posted on: August 22, 2007 Last updated on: August 22, 2007 Written by: peterm Comments: 0
I just had a nice idea for how to make my current application prettier. Instead of stopping what I was doing (an item on the critical path, not ‘fluff’) and doing it, I added it as an unimplemented expectation in…
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The loneliness of the long distance tester

Posted on: August 21, 2007 Last updated on: August 21, 2007 Written by: peterm Comments: 0
Well, today I have been coding a new section of the application my current client needs. I have been using RSPEC, and although I LOVE its expressiveness I find that if I use TDD/BDD to its upmost, I spend a…
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Wonderful wonderful Copenhagen, no, wait, erm…. Autotest…

Posted on: August 15, 2007 Last updated on: August 15, 2007 Written by: peterm Comments: 0
Over the last day or so, I have been playing with RSPEC. I must admit, its NICE. What makes it even nicer, is using autotest This is a nice addon that will automatically run your tests or rspecs when you…
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