[LRUG] TDD (was: Ruby Contracting)

[Abdel A Saleh]

Hi

Not sure if you guys are aware of this book, xUnit Test Patterns:
Refactoring Test Code - http://rubyurl.com/3D7z. Its a great starter
for learning how to maintain and evolve your tests.

Cheers,

Abdel

2009/2/19 Tom Stuart <tom at experthuman.com>
>
> On 19 Feb 2009, at 10:51, Francisco Trindade (Frank) wrote:
>>
>> Tests are code, and are so difficult to write or maintain as development code.
>
> This is a seductive and commonly repeated idea but is demonstrably untrue for things like Rails applications, particularly in the sense that frameworks like Rails are targeted squarely at the "application writer" and not the "test writer" -- one could make a fairly persuasive argument that Rails is an incomplete framework until writing and maintaining tests for a Rails app really is the same difficulty as writing and maintaing the Rails app itself. We're not there yet.
>
> I know we're not talking about Rails (or any other framework) here, but it's definitely true that writing tests that interact with other people's code is harder than writing your own code, and no sizable Ruby application is an island.
>
> Cheers,
> -Tom
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