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Posts Tagged: tdd

Write Better Cukes With the Rel Attribute - Literate Programming

TDD On The Bleeding Edge With Ruby 1.9.3, Rails 3, RSpec, Cucumber, Autotest, and Factory Girl

Source: dzone.com

Writing Testable Code

A very comprehensive post, but the formatting could use some work. Maybe I’ll reformat it and repost it with a link to the original author.

Source: methodsandtools.com

"Years later I couldn’t help noticing I was writing more test code than program code and that I’d stopped working on side projects, because every time I started I thought: Ok, I’ll hack out a prototype for this cool little game in no time. So, well, I guess I’d best start by writing a few tests for the core mechanics. Right, time to get my framework out. And… uh… ugh, maybe I’ll go watch some Buffy instead."

Source: coderoom.wordpress.com

Problems with TDD

For what I do, TDD isn’t a great fit and I’ve been saying this from the start. Though this article doesn’t touch the issues I have, it still has valid points on its own.

Source: dalkescientific.com

How test-driven development works (and more!)

Good description on why TDD isn’t a “waste of time” and doesn’t slow you down.

Source: jbrains.ca

Concordion vs. Cucumber and Java based Acceptance Testing

I’ve only used Cucumber before and I love it (the Ruby version at least, I’m not totally sold on the Java stack). But I’ll take a look at Concordion.

Source: maxheapsize.com

Test-Driven Heresy

I’m still struggling between TDD and BDD. I feel BDD is a better approach, for the tasks I’m asked to do at least. However, when I need to develop sevices to facilitate behaviors, that’s when TDD kicks in.

Source: tbray.org

On Java Hell: Good unit testing with JMock 2

Source: onjavahell.blogspot.com