http://www.theserverside.com Most recent forum messages en Jive Forums Silver 5.5.30 (www.jivesoftware.com) Thu, 23 May 2013 03:53:01 -0400 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=27456 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:17:30 -0400 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:17:30 -0400 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:17:30 -0400 Jul 10, 2008 Mordred QV 0 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=27456 ... Things like supplying constructors for utility classes that only contains static methods, ...
One of the points of test driven development is to stop you from writing classes that only contain static methods.]]> Wed, 01 Mar 2006 03:47:57 -0500 Wed, 01 Mar 2006 03:47:57 -0500 Wed, 01 Mar 2006 03:47:57 -0500 Mar 1, 2006 George Petrov 0 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=27456 Mon, 26 Jul 2004 15:59:13 -0400 Mon, 26 Jul 2004 15:59:13 -0400 Mon, 26 Jul 2004 15:59:13 -0400 Jul 26, 2004 Tareq Ayub 0 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=27456
Unit testing should be viewed as an insurance policy or proof of contract to ensure that modules behave in a deterministic fashion and are devoid of undesired/undocumented side effects....]]> Sat, 24 Jul 2004 01:21:30 -0400 Sat, 24 Jul 2004 01:21:30 -0400 Sat, 24 Jul 2004 01:21:30 -0400 Jul 24, 2004 Joe H 0 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=27456 All I know is that TDD, fine grain unit testing, and this idea of absolutely, positively needing to test outside of the the container is a load of crap.Maybe for someone who is perfect. I have lots of examples where is was...]]> Thu, 22 Jul 2004 10:13:00 -0400 Thu, 22 Jul 2004 10:13:00 -0400 Thu, 22 Jul 2004 10:13:00 -0400 Jul 22, 2004 Mark N 1 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=27456 Thu, 22 Jul 2004 05:29:42 -0400 Thu, 22 Jul 2004 05:29:42 -0400 Thu, 22 Jul 2004 05:29:42 -0400 Jul 22, 2004 Toby Weston 0 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=27456 This is all about "testing giving you piece of mind when refactoring". But does it? How sure can I be that my testsuite is complete in relation to whatever refactoring is going on? How can I even be sure that my test is even...]]> Wed, 21 Jul 2004 22:03:22 -0400 Wed, 21 Jul 2004 22:03:22 -0400 Wed, 21 Jul 2004 22:03:22 -0400 Jul 21, 2004 Henry Rollins 0 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=27456 On constructive rants:Rod Johnson wrote a whole book that devalued the...]]> Wed, 21 Jul 2004 17:18:16 -0400 Wed, 21 Jul 2004 17:18:16 -0400 Wed, 21 Jul 2004 17:18:16 -0400 Jul 21, 2004 NullPtr ! 0 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=27456 Wed, 21 Jul 2004 17:16:26 -0400 Wed, 21 Jul 2004 17:16:26 -0400 Wed, 21 Jul 2004 17:16:26 -0400 Jul 21, 2004 Bill Burke 2 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=27456
As for all those people who defend JUnit, get a life and get a professional tool.]]> Wed, 21 Jul 2004 14:46:27 -0400 Wed, 21 Jul 2004 14:46:27 -0400 Wed, 21 Jul 2004 14:46:27 -0400 Jul 21, 2004 Geoff Dinsdale 0 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=27456 Wed, 21 Jul 2004 13:42:46 -0400 Wed, 21 Jul 2004 13:42:46 -0400 Wed, 21 Jul 2004 13:42:46 -0400 Jul 21, 2004 Amin Mansuri 0 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=27456
I like Fowler's bliki. Yet another made-up word like Dependency Injection. He is a good writer and makes a lot of good insightful points. Alas his job is to publish or perish which at times means he has to sell the sizzle. I think...]]> Wed, 21 Jul 2004 12:26:31 -0400 Wed, 21 Jul 2004 12:26:31 -0400 Wed, 21 Jul 2004 12:26:31 -0400 Jul 21, 2004 Andrew Clifford 1 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=27456 Mike asked not to be linked from TSS.

I will be very (very-very) glad to see Mike's return, but
unless something changed, this link is
unethical of TSS editors...The Internet is a public place. If you post something...]]> Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:55:36 -0400 Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:55:36 -0400 Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:55:36 -0400 Jul 21, 2004 Cameron Purdy 1 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=27456
Every Java class has certain metric - how must 'external state' does it need. Let's take a proprietary format parser class that takes a string in and populates its fields...]]> Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:30:08 -0400 Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:30:08 -0400 Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:30:08 -0400 Jul 21, 2004 Timur Evdokimov 0 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=27456 Generally the 25% of Unit tests I have seen are quite valuable. Unfortunately corporate development guidelines and the joy of programming can be a very ugly thing if they require you to or lead you to provide a unit test for any piece of...]]> Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:26:53 -0400 Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:26:53 -0400 Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:26:53 -0400 Jul 21, 2004 Paul Holser 0