Re: [REVIEW] Test Driven Development by Example

2003-01-22 Thread David Cantrell
On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 02:26:28AM -, Dean Wilson wrote: Test Driven Development by Example [snip review] I have posted this on the website, as well as Dave Cross's review of the Red Hat Linux 8 Bible. -- David Cantrell|Reprobate|http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david

Re: [REVIEW] Test Driven Development by Example

2003-01-21 Thread Piers Cawley
Dean Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This is not a long book and is written in a chatty style that makes it an easy read. The examples are short, clear and to the point, although i did get the impression that the author didn't really like Java but was a Smalltalk fan. This doesn't detract

Re: [REVIEW] Test Driven Development by Example

2003-01-21 Thread Lusercop
On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 09:07:36AM +, Piers Cawley wrote: Definitely a future classic to my way of thinking. I'm left wondering if that's a good recommendation for anything. :-) -- Lusercop.net - LARTing Lusers everywhere since 2002

Re: [REVIEW] Test Driven Development by Example

2003-01-21 Thread Dean
On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 09:07:36AM +, Piers Cawley wrote: Well, it's no surprise that Beck's a Smalltalk fan, he's written one of the best books about the language that there is (sorry to bang on about it, but Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns really is a very good book). Personally I

Re: [REVIEW] Test Driven Development by Example

2003-01-21 Thread James A. Duncan
On Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at 12:19 pm, Dean wrote: Is the Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns general enough that people without smalltalk backgrounds can take something away from it? If so I may end up adding it to my reading list. Absolutely it is. The latter chapters perhaps are more

Re: [REVIEW] Test Driven Development by Example

2003-01-21 Thread Dean
On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 11:35:52AM +, James A. Duncan wrote: Is the Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns general enough that people without smalltalk backgrounds can take something away from it? Absolutely it is. The latter chapters perhaps are more obscurely applied to other

Re: [REVIEW] Test Driven Development by Example

2003-01-21 Thread Kate L Pugh
Dean wrote: Is the Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns general enough that people without smalltalk backgrounds can take something away from it? On Tue 21 Jan 2003, James A. Duncan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Absolutely it is. The latter chapters perhaps are more obscurely applied to other

Re: [REVIEW] Test Driven Development by Example

2003-01-21 Thread Piers Cawley
James A. Duncan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at 12:19 pm, Dean wrote: Is the Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns general enough that people without smalltalk backgrounds can take something away from it? If so I may end up adding it to my reading list. Absolutely

[REVIEW] Test Driven Development by Example

2003-01-20 Thread Dean Wilson
Test Driven Development by Example Author: Kent Beck ISBN: 0321146530 Publisher: Addison Wesley Reviewed by: Dean Wilson Testing is one of the most overlooked phases of the development cycle. From the worst case scenario of not being done to the more common case of all the testing being done at