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As the subject asks: does TDD make sense when you're the only developer in your company?...
dzcepheus
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Apr 11, 2008
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Why not? If you're developing a fairly large system, sooner or later you will forget parts of your code and it will soon seem as though it was written by a ...
Jonjon Limjap
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Apr 11, 2008
2:51 am

Man, being the 'lone coder' should be boring. Who would you argue with? :D No, seriusly now, I think it's worth it. TDD, despicte all the arguments presented...
Cláudio Figueiredo
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Apr 11, 2008
2:54 am

Hehe, I argue with myself all the time... =) Thanks for the input guys. Also another question: what's the best way to dive in to this sort of practice? Where...
Erik Forbes
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Apr 11, 2008
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I am also a lone wolf developer, and I can assure you that both you and your users will eventually be thankful if you make a habit of writing good unit tests. ...
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Apr 11, 2008
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To this day I regret not doing "The Regulator" in TDD techniques. It's buggy and hacky as hell, and I'm scared to go near it (even though it's quite small in...
Roy Osherove
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Apr 11, 2008
10:37 am

YEAH!! If Skynet had been written with TDD it wouldn't get Crazy! ... Regards, ... -- Claudio Figueiredo jcfigueiredo@... Stormwind Project...
Cludio Figueiredo
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Apr 11, 2008
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Pragmatic Unit Testing in C# with NUnit. -Markus ... Pragmatic Unit Testing in C# with NUnit. -Markus On 4/11/08, Erik Forbes < erikforbes@... > wrote: ...
Markus Zywitza
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Apr 11, 2008
10:51 am

BOOO!! I didn't like Pragmatic Unit Testing in C# with NUnit. I would start with Test Driven Development by Example by Kent Beck. Then I would read...
Aaron Carlson
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Apr 11, 2008
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I am liking Refactoring to Patterns by Joshua Kerievsky so far. It kinda feels like it is bringing together Refactoring (Fowler) and Design Patterns (GoF)....
Bill Barry
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Apr 11, 2008
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Thanks a lot for the recommendations, guys. =) On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 10:03 AM, Bill Barry <after.fallout@...> ... -- Support your local gravity testers...
Erik Forbes
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Apr 11, 2008
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And I don't like fish ;-) What's wrong with Pragmatic Unit Testing in C# with NUnit? -Markus...
Markus Zywitza
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Apr 11, 2008
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Here you can find a lot of articles, tools, .... http://codebetter.com/blogs/darrell.norton/articles/50337.aspx bye. -- ema http://blog.codiceplastico.com...
Emanuele DelBono
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Apr 11, 2008
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TDD by example, Kent Beck. http://www.amazon.com/Test-Driven-Development-Addison-Wesley-Signature/dp/0321146530 Really like it. Regards, ... -- Claudio...
Cludio Figueiredo
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Apr 11, 2008
12:56 pm

For an online resource in unit testing, not particularly in TDD, the link below provides some unit test patterns. The overall series may be helpful as well. ...
greglevenhagen
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Apr 12, 2008
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I kept postponing learning and using TDD because I at the time worked with legacy code in a project where unit testing did not exist. Michael Feathers "Working...
Joakim Sundn
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Apr 19, 2008
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Definitely pick up “Working Effectively with Legacy Code”. I’m 90% done with it and it is awesome. It’s what “Refactoring” should have been, in ...
Steven Smith
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Apr 20, 2008
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I brought this at the ALT.NET conf. For me the answer is a definite yes. TDD done right ensures that your implementation meets business requirements. Tests are...
Glenn Block
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Apr 21, 2008
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Echoing what Glenn and others said. Ever since I learned TDD in the late 90's, I have found myself using it whenever I program especially when I program...
Sam Gentile
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Apr 22, 2008
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I'm the lone coder (at least for .NET stuff) for where I work. Yes, unit testing and TDD has made my code much more reliable....
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Apr 11, 2008
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Yes, absolutely! TDD is NOT about team development BUT about quality of code and about the possibility to refactor. And as your solution grows you WILL have to...
Gabriel Schenker
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Apr 11, 2008
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... As the only TDD programmer at our company, I feel strongly that TDD helps me managing my projects and keeping away from unwanted bugs and to get a bigger...
Benny Thomas
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Apr 11, 2008
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Actually, i believe that TDD is even more important if you are the only developer. At company where I work as a member of a development team, we have a very...
Zdeslav Vojkovic
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Apr 11, 2008
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Man, being the only developer at my company I've been mulling that over myself. Finally decided that it would indeed be too time consuming to write unit tests...
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