That is the feeling I am getting. I have seen quite a few presentations and blog postings about this, but short of the work that Rob Blackburn has done recently, it does not seem like anybody is really putting this into practice. None of the examples I have seen are anything more complicated than a single simple calculator type object. This is one thing for an example, but it does not show anything really practical.
Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: Patrick McElhaney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 9:07 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: TDD for ColdFusion On 12/21/06, Jeff Chastain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However, the mock object frameworks for Java and other languages > simply don't port to ColdFusion because of language construct > differences. Without a mock object framework, the only other option I > see is to hand create and maintain stub or mock objects, and this just > does not seem like a feasible practice in an application of any size. That's exactly the same conclusion I reached after trying to to do TDD in CF a couple years ago. Remember, TDD is about development, not about testing. It's supposed to make developing code easier. If instead it makes development much harder there's no sense using it. However, I do think it's worthwhile to practice TDD in another language and learn the test-first mindset. As I'm modeling CFCs, to ask, "How would I test this?" has become second-nature. The ability to think test-first, even if I can't do it all the time, has been a tremendous help in writing cohesive, loosely coupled code. Patrick -- Patrick McElhaney 704.560.9117 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:264870 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
