TDD LIKE YOU MEAN IT - 03

Triangulation Begins As a refresher, let's remind ourselves of the requirements of FizzBuzz Write a method that takes a whole number and returns a text representation and has the following behavior for whole numbers above 0 (does not include 0). We don't have to add any…

TDD LIKE YOU MEAN IT - 02

And Repeat As a refresher, let's remind ourselves of the requirements of FizzBuzz Write a method that takes a whole number and returns a text representation and has the following behavior for whole numbers above 0 (does not include 0). We don't have to add any…

TDD LIKE YOU MEAN IT - 01

Preface? I read some TDD books, got annoyed with them and then did the same TDD exercise those books had, the Money example. Those posts will be up after this series. They need more clean up. Doing that, I realized I was doing a little higher level than HOW TO…

META POST about SPITE

I get into spurts of writing. Not sure what/why gets me rolling... Muse, a fickle thing. Not really. My muses are spite and hate. I hate not knowing, and I'll do things out of spite 'cause I hate the (lack of an) example. Which is what…

Book Review: Learning Test-Driven Development

From all accounts, writing a book is hard work. So; fucking props to getting it done Saleemn Siddiqui [https://twitter.com/s2il]! I still wish I could manage it; I've got ideas and I want to share them! But - This ain't about me, it'…

SPOT

SPOT Recently (weeks ago) I saw something that ACRONYMED part of my programming approach. SINGLE POINT OF TRUTH SPOT There is only a single point in the entire code-base that knows the TRUTH of "that". I generally use "Knowledge". SPOK wouldn't be bad. Maybe…

Libraries are your (not) problem

> When adding a library to your project, all the library problems become your problems as well. This popped up on LinkedIn recently. I like the intent. It's definitely something to be think about when bringing in a library. I normally review change history, last release, issue trackers,…

A month?!

OH NOES! It's been a month! That sucks. I definitely like getting stuff out every week. Haven't had a lot recetnly. I'm continuing the Magic the Gathering bit. Most of what I've been doing on the site (MTGDiscovery.com) has been around…