Category Archives: Testing

UI Automation tools snake oil?

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Jimmy Bogard

Michael Feathers posted a thoughtful piece describing the general problems of UI testing tools and the industry in general.  In general, I’d agree here.  Automation tool vendors, as with almost every tool vendor out there, are eager to solve perceived … Continue reading →

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How We Do Things – Testing Part 2

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Scott Reynolds

This content comes solely from my experience, study, and a lot of trial and error (mostly error). I make no claims stating that which works for me will work for you. As with all things, your mileage may vary, and … Continue reading →

Also posted in Castle, IOC | 6 Comments

How We Do Things – Evolving our TDD/BDD Practice

Posted on October 7, 2009 by Scott Reynolds

This content comes solely from my experience, study, and a lot of trial and error (mostly error). I make no claims stating that which works for me will work for you. As with all things, your mileage may vary, and … Continue reading →

Also posted in Law of Demeter, Software Design, SOLID | 8 Comments

Smart and gets things done *right*

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Scott Reynolds

I suppose it’s time for the obligatory weigh-in on the latest bit o’ reckless software advice from Joel Spolsky on the merits of the “Duct Tape Programmer”. I think being a duct tape programmer is a bit like being an … Continue reading →

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Video of the Continuous Integration workshop

Posted on September 18, 2009 by Eric Hexter

Early this week we  ( Jeffrey Palermo and I ) gave a Continuous Integration Workshop in Austin.  We were able to record the workshop and our company Headspring Systems made the recordings available on their website. There is just under … Continue reading →

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Actually Querying with the Specification Pattern

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Chris Missal

In my previous post, I talked about using the specification pattern for querying collections. I didn’t actually show any code that does what I was talking about, I just showed the set-up and creation of specifications. The following is how … Continue reading →

Also posted in CSS, MVC | 8 Comments

Free Continuous Integration Workshop in Austin Tuesday Sept 15th 1pm-5pm

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Eric Hexter

  I am doing a Continuous Integration Workshop next Tuesday.  The admission is free and will be held at the Microsoft Office.  To register go here: http://www.headspringsystems.com/services/agile-training/continuous-integration/   This will cover the basics of what continuous integration is as well … Continue reading →

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Breaking changes in Ncover 3.0 integration with Cruise Control .Net

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Eric Hexter

  There were some changes to the nCover xml reports for code coverage which will break your existing integration with cruise control .net. Specifically if you use the Statistics feature of Cruise Control which is one of the best features … Continue reading →

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Testing Private & Protected Members of a Class

Posted on August 28, 2009 by John Teague

In my last blog post, someone asked me you can write unit tests for a private or protected method.  I gave part of the response in a comment, but I need to give a more detailed description. Focus on the … Continue reading →

Also posted in c# | 7 Comments

Updated TDD Productivity Plug-in for Resharper

Posted on July 1, 2009 by Eric Hexter

  I first want to thank JetBrains for being pretty awesome.  I have complained a lot about how they are constantly chaining their APIs to Resharper and as a result it makes keeping plugins very hard to maintain but they … Continue reading →

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