artima - Articles

by Bill Venners, February 3, 2003 Submit comment

This article introduces the main features of Artima SuiteRunner by demonstrating how to start Artima SuiteRunner, debug a failed test, select and run Suites, select and run JUnit TestCases, and edit and save recipe files.

Programming at Python Speed

by Bill Venners, January 27, 2003 3 messages

Python creator Guido van Rossum talks with Bill Venners about the source of Python's famed programmer productivity and the joys of exploring new territory with code.

Why We Refactored JUnit

by Bill Venners, with Matt Gerrans and Frank Sommers, January 27, 2003 12 messages

Artima SuiteRunner, a free, open source unit and conformance testing toolkit for Java, was released this week. Find out why the authors felt the need to create Artima SuiteRunner and learn how you can use it to run JUnit test suites.

Python's Design Goals

by Bill Venners, January 20, 2003 1 message

Python creator Guido van Rossum talks with Bill Venners about Python's original design goals—how he originally intended Python to "bridge the gap between the shell and C," and how it eventually became used on large scale applications.

The Making of Python

by Bill Venners, January 13, 2003 Submit comment

Python creator Guido van Rossum talks with Bill Venners about Python's history, the influence of the ABC language, and Python's original design goals.

Const, RTTI, and Efficiency

by Bill Venners, January 6, 2003 8 messages

Scott Meyers, C++ expert and author of numerous books, including Effective C++, talks with Bill Venners about the utility of const, the appropriate time to use RTTI, a good attitude about efficiency, and his current quest for general programming principles.

Meaningful Programming

by Bill Venners, December 30, 2002 2 messages

Scott Meyers, C++ expert and author of numerous books, including Effective C++, talks with Bill Venners about the importance of saying what you mean and understanding what you say, the three fundamental relationships between classes, and the difference between virtual and non-virtual functions.

Designing Contracts and Interfaces

by Bill Venners, December 23, 2002 3 messages

Scott Meyers, C++ expert and author of numerous books, including Effective C++, talks with Bill Venners about interface contracts and designing minimal and complete interfaces.

Multiple Inheritance and Interfaces

by Bill Venners, December 16, 2002 15 messages

Scott Meyers, C++ expert and author of numerous books including Effective C++, talks with Bill Venners about multiple inheritance and interfaces.

Tuning Performance and Process

by Bill Venners, December 9, 2002 3 messages

Martin Fowler, chief scientist at Thoughtworks, Inc. and author of numerous books on software design and process, talks with Bill Venners about balancing maintainability and efficiency, creating tunable software, the role of patterns, and the Agile Software Manifesto.

Test-Driven Development

by Bill Venners, December 2, 2002 12 messages

Martin Fowler, chief scientist at Thoughtworks, Inc. and author of numerous books on software design and process, talks with Bill Venners about the unhurried quality of test-first design and monological thinking, and the difference between unit and functional testing.

Flexibility and Complexity

by Bill Venners, November 25, 2002 18 messages

Martin Fowler, chief scientist at Thoughtworks, Inc. and author of numerous books on software design and process, talks with Bill Venners about how to combat design decay, the cost of flexibility and reusability, four criteria for a simple system, and test-first design of interfaces.

Evolutionary Design

by Bill Venners, November 18, 2002 Submit comment

Martin Fowler, chief scientist at Thoughtworks, Inc. and author of numerous books on software design and process, talks with Bill Venners about planned and evolutionary design, refactoring bad smells in code, and how good design can help you program faster.

Design Principles and Code Ownership

by Bill Venners, November 11, 2002 20 messages

Martin Fowler, chief scientist at Thoughtworks, Inc. and author of numerous books on software design and process, talks with Bill Venners about design principles and the spectrum of code ownership.

Refactoring with Martin Fowler

by Bill Venners, November 4, 2002 10 messages

Martin Fowler, chief scientist at Thoughtworks, Inc. and author of numerous books on software design and process, talks with Bill Venners about refactoring, testing, and design.