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        <title>Re: Languages are the culprit</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=42481</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[Maybe but the language of the code is only one part of any testing strategy. The language of the specification is probably the biggest problem since that is (generally) not so provable mathematically....]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2006 17:54:07 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Oct 12, 2006</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Ray Mcdermott</jf:author>
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        <title>Languages are the culprit</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=42481</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[Yes, software is getting more testable, but the real problem is language design.  Expect testability concerns to wane as people move to more dynamic languages.  In Ruby, if a method gets in the way during test, you replace it.. on any class....]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2006 10:25:13 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Oct 11, 2006</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Michael Feathers</jf:author>
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        <title>Automated Method Testing</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=42481</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[Perhaps the notion of "Automated Method Testing" helps advance the cause?...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2006 08:36:12 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Oct 11, 2006</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Marvin Toll</jf:author>
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        <title>Re: Too much focus on testability</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=42481</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[<blockquote><blockquote>this "pattern" being totally ignorant of the actual storage mechanism (JDO,EJB,Hibernate,PlainSQL...).</blockquote><br>Well there you have it. PlainSQL it not OO in anyway. DAO is using the least common denominator. What you end...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Sun, 08 Oct 2006 19:56:49 -0400</pubDate>

        

        <jf:creationDate>Sun, 08 Oct 2006 19:56:49 -0400</jf:creationDate>
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        <jf:date>Oct 8, 2006</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Ilya Sterin</jf:author>
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        <title>Re: Too much focus on testability</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=42481</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[<blockquote><blockquote>Unfortunately most designer seems to think that it is ok to sacrifice good business object design in favor of testability. That is why we have the horrible DAO pattern instead of using technologies like JDO, Hibernate and...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Sun, 08 Oct 2006 19:54:01 -0400</pubDate>

        

        <jf:creationDate>Sun, 08 Oct 2006 19:54:01 -0400</jf:creationDate>
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        <jf:date>Oct 8, 2006</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Ilya Sterin</jf:author>
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        <title>Re: Too much focus on testability</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=42481</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>Today we don't have frameworks that can be "unit testable" without thinking of it when designing.<br>Unfortunatly most designer seem to think that it is ok to sacrifice Today we don't have frameworks that can be "unit testable" without...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Sun, 08 Oct 2006 15:11:31 -0400</pubDate>

        

        <jf:creationDate>Sun, 08 Oct 2006 15:11:31 -0400</jf:creationDate>
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        <jf:date>Oct 8, 2006</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Ilya Sterin</jf:author>
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        <title>OK I am going to screw around here.</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=42481</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[Damn interface zelots.]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2006 10:01:41 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Oct 6, 2006</jf:date>
        <jf:author>patel123</jf:author>
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        <title>Re: Too much focus on testability</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=42481</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>this "pattern" being totally ignorant of the actual storage mechanism (JDO,EJB,Hibernate,PlainSQL...).</blockquote>...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2006 03:00:59 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Oct 6, 2006</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Bj??rn Caroll</jf:author>
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        <title>Re: Too much focus on testability</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=42481</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>The "horrible DAO pattern" is not bad at all, if there is real remoting between Client and Server.</blockquote>...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2006 11:43:30 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Oct 5, 2006</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Rod Johnson</jf:author>
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        <title>Re: Too much focus on testability</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=42481</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>Unfortunately most designer seems to think that it is ok to sacrifice good business object design in favor of testability. That is why we have the horrible DAO pattern instead of using technologies like JDO, Hibernate and JPA.</blockquote>...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2006 08:39:06 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Oct 5, 2006</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Karl Banke</jf:author>
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        <title>Too much focus on testability</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=42481</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[Today we don't have frameworks that can be "unit testable" without thinking of it when designing....]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2006 05:00:01 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Oct 5, 2006</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Bj??rn Caroll</jf:author>
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        <title>Automated testing in XINS</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=42481</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[The <a href="http://xins.sourceforge.net/">XINS application framework</a> has, over the years, developed several features to improve both manual and automated testing. Indeed this stems from the fact that the framework is based on a fairly high level of...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2006 03:39:49 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Oct 5, 2006</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Ernst de Haan</jf:author>
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        <title>Re: Article: Is Software Becoming More Testable?</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=42481</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[All the considerations in mind: scheduled release, functionality,budget, makes software a competetive weapon.Sometimes functionalities are sacrifised for budget and sometimes quality is sacrifised for timeline.Any way, no time is left for testing.May be...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2006 01:28:24 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Oct 5, 2006</jf:date>
        <jf:author>arijit dey</jf:author>
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        <title>Article: Is Software Becoming More Testable?</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=42481</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[It is clear that testing is becoming an important driver for design, despite degrees of tension. Alan West discusses how stored testing knowledge and automated checks and tests can increase framework testability.<blockquote>There is obviously a degree of...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Oct 2006 13:01:36 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Oct 4, 2006</jf:date>
        <jf:author>ReginaIT</jf:author>
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