Refactoring applies to any type of coding including test scripts. I limit my use of Mocks to those situations where the real object will not reliably do what I want. Here we are going to take a brief look at how they are trying to achieve this, and share our ideas of TDD without the restriction of the tools. Examples: simulating errors in writing a file; simulating connections with a remote server; simulating errors from remote server.
nnn *MAKU* IMMENSE COVERAGE *MAKU* Trade Date: Monday, December 4, 2006 Company Name: MAKEUP LIMITED (OTC BB:MAKU.OB) Symbol: MAKU Last Trade: $0.61 MAKU Target: $2 Why get in MAKU? Don't if "profit" is not in your vocabulary. JUST WATCH MAKU TRADE NEXT MONDAY, DECEMBER 4TH! nnn Two good examples are jBehave, and rSpec. They try to keep their head above the water, and their feet end up deep under the water. Two good examples are jBehave, and rSpec. Refactoring applies to any type of coding including test scripts. Exploratory testing is inherently agile so we work at getting better at that. Retrospectives are the single most important practice I can think of for any team, because you can't improve without identifying and focusing on what you need to improve. Jane's rule for putting silverware into a dishwasher is to put all the forks in one sub-bin, all the spoons in a different sub-bin, all the steak knives in one sub-bin, and so on. Anything we can do to allow ourselves to do our best work fits my definition of 'agile'. Unloading the dishwasher is much more faster than it would be if I had to take individual forks out of random sub-bins. There may be a little more effort when writing code, because you are writing programmer-tests to drive writing that code. Often with libraries that were not designed with TDD in mind, such as the TWAIN libraries used for controlling scanners and implementing scanner-drivers. You pre-judge the class design rather than evolve it. issues and tissues with a touch of the spicy from the spirit hag . Retrospectives are the single most important practice I can think of for any team, because you can't improve without identifying and focusing on what you need to improve. And I can grab bunches of spoons from the spoon sub-bin, and drop them into the spoon-compartment of the drawer. The people of this country have finally realized that the Jesus talk coming from the Repugnican leadership is nothing but a ruse. I've heard people come up with some great one-liners but then I can't remember them. It is well known that Iraq has lots and lots of oil. In other recent news scientists released the results of a statistical analysis of death rates in Iraq before and after the US imperialist invasion of Iraq. issues and tissues with a touch of the spicy from the spirit hag . Untrained persons, thrown into deep water, either drown or dog-paddle. By driving coding with customer-facing tests, we're more likely to deliver what the customer wanted. Such leadership must create enemies. They make your tests larger and more complicated and less readable. Test-Driving with Mocks inverts that order: you create your target class and a mock class up-front, and plan on how they interact, instead of evolving that interaction in TDD's refactoring steps. For example, communication is essential, and by collaborating with our customers up front to write test cases, we can improve communication. You will need this information and this solace if not today, then tomorrow. The benefit comes when it is time to unload the dishwasher, putting the clean silverware into the drawer. i've got one with the lot Two good examples are jBehave, and rSpec. And since you fixed bugs during TDD, you have much less work fixing bugs later when it comes time to ship your product. They have noticed that the Repugnicans have been playing Fundamentalists like fools. Ted Haggard of New Life Church in Colorado was forced to resign when a male prostitute went public with the story of his contractual gay sex with him. If you change an object's API, a mock object's API may not change, making your tests out-of-date with respect to your non-test code. Someone needs to build the space shuttle equivalent of the wooden horse of Troy and pack the scoundrels in there with a one way ticket to a lunar landing. Here we are going to take a brief look at how they are trying to achieve this, and share our ideas of TDD without the restriction of the tools. Often with libraries that were not designed with TDD in mind, such as the TWAIN libraries used for controlling scanners and implementing scanner-drivers. They try to keep their head above the water, and their feet end up deep under the water. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]