[OT] Jay Fields' blog on developer testing

Testing RSpec
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On 07/02/2009, at 10:45 PM, David C. wrote:

every edge case? For example, should you write stories that feed
IASTDH,
didn’t, so it should either be ISTDH or IASTDNH.

HTH,
David

Hah! Actually, it was helpful. I was wondering if there’s a clear-cut
rule that people follow for dealing with edge cases, and you said “do
what works for your situation”. While some people may not appreciate
that answer, it’s “correct”, and probably the best thing to do,
because each team is different.
-Nick

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Yet another way to do fixtures/factories is a hybrid that I outline in
my blog, its basically what I do.

http://blog.wolfman.com/posts/42

Basically I can’t use the existing libraries as I am not using
ActiveRecord.

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On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Nick H. [email protected]
wrote:

cover
IASTDH,
didn’t, so it should either be ISTDH or IASTDNH.

HTH,
David

Hah! Actually, it was helpful. I was wondering if there’s a clear-cut rule
that people follow for dealing with edge cases, and you said “do what works
for your situation”. While some people may not appreciate that answer, it’s
“correct”, and probably the best thing to do, because each team is
different.

I think I have a new slogan:

Silver Bullets Kill

WDYT?

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On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 9:49 AM, David C. [email protected]
wrote:

When writing Cucumber stories and features for controllers, should you

help, hence IASTDH - inconsistent though - IA for I am, but D for

I think I have a new slogan:

Silver Bullets Kill

WDYT?

Shoulda googled that first :slight_smile: How about Silver Bullets Kill Software
(SBKS)

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David C. wrote:

to be in cucumber, but they certainly can be.
I made it up. I was about to write HTH, but I was sure it did not
different.

I think I have a new slogan:

Silver Bullets Kill

WDYT?

I like it!

On a related note I recently came across a quote from Linving Zen[1]
that instantly made me think of “best practices”. Just like a silver
bullet a “best practice” dogmatically stuck to can stifle innovation and
can cause unneeded pain. In the end context is king… but enough of my
yammering, here is the quote:

“No one can define them or draw up a system around them. That is where
we should exercise our judgment…Use depends for each one of us on the
place and circumstances. If we were to codify the laws concerning it
they might soon become a great bondage for us.”

Isn’t that great!? So how about this for a motto:

Best Practices as laws lead to bondage.

FYI, I came across this quote on the Presentation Zen[2] site. If you
are going to be giving a presentation I highly recommend you check this
site out.

-Ben

  1. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0802131360/
    2.http://www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/2005/09/whats_good_powe/comments/page/3/
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Jim M. wrote:

Yet another way to do fixtures/factories is a hybrid that I outline in
my blog, its basically what I do.

Wolfmans Howlings

Basically I can’t use the existing libraries as I am not using
ActiveRecord.

I’d be interested in supporting Datamapper, Sequel, and the like. I’ll
look into for version 3 of FixtureReplacement.

Scott