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>-----Original Message----- >From: Ted Husted [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 11:56 AM >To: Struts Users Mailing List >Subject: [FRIDAY] Banging the rocks together > > >Here's an experience I'd recommend to anyone: > >1. Get a copy of Kent Beck's TDD by Example > ><http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321146530/hitchhikeguidetoA> > >2. Enter all the examples from the book with IDEA by IntelliJ. > ><http://intellij.com/idea/> > >Why? > >Well, first, Kent's book is a good read. He walks you through >creating a >set of classes test-by-test, refactoring-by-refactoring. The best part >is that IDEA will happily do virtually all of the refactoring >for you. =:0) > >TDD demands that you have a failing test before writing any code. So, >Kent is forever changing tests so that they fail, which means >he gets to >write some more code. Following the general TDD style, Kent >changes the >"upper layer" of the code first and then fixes the "lower layer". As >soon as you do this, IDEA points out that the change won't work -- and >then usually suggests doing exactly what Kent does in the next step. >Since the changes themselves aren't the point of the exercise, have >yourself some fun and let IDEA make Kent's changes for you. > > >[Favorite author's triva quiz #2] > > >".. the secret is to bang the rocks together, guys." > >Autographed copy of "Struts in Action" for the first lucky emailer to >correctly identify author, title, **AND** character. > > >-Ted. > > >(:= Not affiliated with Kent Beck or IntelliJ, just Struts in >Action =:) > > > >-- >Ted Husted, >Struts in Action <http://husted.com/struts/book.html> > > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
