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Showing posts with label bdd. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bdd. Show all posts
2016-10-06

Slow tests, courage and zombie driven development

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When I was going over my old posts from January 2009 I had a flashback of how I for a while aimed at posting something every other day. Tod...
2016-09-08

Another example on ways to to make your code testable

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Before you go crazy on me screaming that making code testable for the sake of testability is bad I'd like to agree. However testable cod...
2016-09-01

The 2008 advent calendar - 24 ways to write a test

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Oh yes I love December 2008 . I decided to challenge myself and write the same test in 24 different ways. And it was an interesting experien...
2016-06-30

Go for C# developers: Unit testing

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Let’s talk about unit testing and Go. The fact that unit tests typically are placed side by side with the code (in the same package as the c...
2016-05-26

DRY vs WET

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I've always been and advocate for intentionally ignoring the DRY ( Don't Repeat Yourself ) rule when writing tests if it makes the t...
2016-03-03

Code Coverage and nothing is too simple to test

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So time to look back again and update some old opinions from June 2008 . And while there are some other useful stuff in there I'll focu...
2016-02-04

Books, Mocks and Open Source

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So time to look back again and update some old opinions from May 2008 . This time I'd like to talk about three old articles.
2016-01-07

Don't hold me accountable for old opinions

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Once in a while I get a comment about something I wrote a long time ago and sometimes that is embarrassing as the opinion I expressed a whil...
2015-01-29

Thinking for Programmers

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I was watching this great recording from last year on how programmers should think. It talks a lot about the importance of writing a specif...
2014-12-11

Never hide a TUF in a TUC

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This slogan ( never hide a TUF in a TUC ) was introduced (to me at least) in 2010 by Michael Feathers. Turns out it is a pretty good tool to...
2014-09-25

Testing with fakes or stubs? That is the question!

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I like testing with stubs. But once in a while I encounter people that rather use fakes. And that is a pattern I try to avoid.
2014-09-18

Spies and Stubs

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I was reading this article which is a response to an email from a person liking mocks but disliking spies. Before starting to read I was co...
2014-09-11

What is your test ROI

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When we write code we sometimes get carried away and forget to think about if we are spending our time right. However more common I see peop...
2014-06-12

TDD helps you enforce the single responsibility principle

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When I was writing last week's post I also thought about how TDD (or rather BDD) has helped me to early detect violations of the single...
2014-06-05

Will TDD really drive your design?

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One of the most common arguments I've heard from TDD skeptics is that TDD does not drive your design. And this statement is both true an...