Contradiction: Test Everything, but not Accessors?
At the Agile Developer Skills course at the Raikes School, I commented that we don’t usually test accessors. But we test everything. Is this a contradiction?
August 23, 2010
At the Agile Developer Skills course at the Raikes School, I commented that we don’t usually test accessors. But we test everything. Is this a contradiction?
August 5, 2010
Jon Bettinger has found a failing test! Excellent!
August 3, 2010
Philip Schwarz provided a nice-looking implementation. Let’s look at it and try to build on his ideas.
August 3, 2010
My critiXXXXX advisors expected a more function-oriented solution. Here’s something a bit better, perhaps …
August 3, 2010
I’ve been working with Scala a bit, just to learn what it is. I’ve found it interesting, if frustrating. Here is a bowling experiment.
March 8, 2010
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Articles, Practices, XP Magazine
Uncle Bob Martin comments on “Developer Certification WTF?” in a recent blog entry. Let’s talk a bit about developer quality, and some things that are being done about it.
March 6, 2010
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Articles, Practices, XP Magazine
Choose your tools wisely, that they allow for the development of your skill.
March 5, 2010
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Articles, Practices, XP Magazine
Jim Shore has written a short item with the above title. Let’s think about it a bit.
At Agile2011, I brought along a “gift”, a nicely formatted and illustrated Kate Oneal story. I gave a copy to everyone who asked for one, and to a few people who didn’t but who I wanted…
Piers Thompson sent me a good question about my recent database articles. I suspect others would like to hear the question and answers.
Here’s the current code, and some commentary, for the “But We Need a Database” article. UPDATED: Comments on Python style.