Re: [Nant-users] unit testing a nAnt script

2004-01-20 Thread Scott Hernandez
You can use the xml schema file that is created with the task to check the validity of elements, and their attributes. This file is also provided with each distribution in the schema directory of the zip. This method isn't 100%, but should get lots of common errors and mistakes.   If you ne

Re: [Nant-users] Please, please stop the madness!

2004-01-20 Thread Ian MacLean
Hmm - I think it is you who is getting carried away. In fact you were wrong. Far from 50 there were barely 8 posts on the topic and most of them were about the book referenced or other things not related to curly braces. I take your point that these things often devolve into religous battles b

[Nant-users] Please, please stop the madness!

2004-01-20 Thread Vincent Erickson
Why does every programming newsgroup, regardless of the supposed topic of the group, periodically generate long discussions about curly brace usage? These discussions are spam. They are never ending. They get people who care about such things worked up into a lather of self-righteousness. I

[Nant-users] unit testing a nAnt script

2004-01-20 Thread Stuart Holcombe
Is there a nAntUnit or some such utility to unit test nAnt scripts?  If not, does anyone have any suggestions on how to go about testing a nAnt script in a structured way?   - Stuart

RE: [Nant-users] Off-Topic: Coding Conventions & Code Complete by McConnell

2004-01-20 Thread Jarrod Moore
David, Bummer about the McConnell reference being incorrect. Regardless, it's still a *really* good book. I like being a lazy programmer, I want to type the least amount of code necessary to do what I want. 1) Yes, it may be the default setting, but it's just that, the default. It can of c