Maybe I need to understand what "unit testing" actually is and start using it...
Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Chiverton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 10:53 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Here's what I wish I had... > > On Wednesday 18 Jun 2008, Rick Faircloth wrote: > > Perhaps this is even available somehow, but I wish > > I had something (preferably in my IDE) that could show > > me all variables that are coming into, being processed by, > > and leaving a particular .cfm page, cfc, or whatever. > > Is this addressed by the debugger in CF8 (that uses an Eclipse plugin), and/or > products like FusionDebug ? > > > How does everyone else track variables and their values through > > a complex app? Is there some sort of "TRON" for the web that I'm > > In any one part of an app, there should be very few variables that that bit of > code needs access to - this is good compartmentalisation(sp?), separation of > concerns, encapsulation etc. etc. > Each of those can be easily debugged or tested independently, there fore. It's > rare I'll actually need to run to a particular line of a whole wired > application to see what's up, because I can lift the piece with the problem > out an look at it's unit test, API runner or what ever. > > -- > Tom Chiverton > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:307669 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
