If you have read many of my postings to the Yahoo TDD group you may have noticed that I feel that TDD is too difficult to learn.  This is of great concern to me.  I work in a large company on a large project.  I think it should be of great concern to the rest [...]

If you have read many of my postings to the Yahoo TDD group you may have noticed that I feel that TDD is too difficult to learn.  This is of great concern to me.  I work in a large company on a large project.  I think it should be of great concern to the rest [...]

At work on my current project there is some question as to how well the current build process is working?  Some people are saying that there is contention for the build.  We have a one person at a time, serialized, synchronous build system.  The build times have been as high as 15+ minutes.  If there is [...]

At work on my current project there is some question as to how well the current build process is working?  Some people are saying that there is contention for the build.  We have a one person at a time, serialized, synchronous build system.  The build times have been as high as 15+ minutes.  If there is [...]

I have been reading a lot of Steven R. Covey’s works lately and one of my friends is trying to champion Scrum at work.  Marinating in these two has started to clarify some nebulous issues with Agile for me.  They are not crystal clear, they just aren’t as muddy.  Take Steven’s article Taproot of...

I have been reading a lot of Steven R. Covey’s works lately and one of my friends is trying to champion Scrum at work.  Marinating in these two has started to clarify some nebulous issues with Agile for me.  They are not crystal clear, they just aren’t as muddy.  Take Steven’s article Taproot of...

This is the final post in my series on OOD class principles and testability.  It has included: Single Responsibility Principle and Testability The Interface Segregation Principle and Testability Dependency Inversion Principle and Testability Open Closed Principle and Testability Liskov Substitution Principle and Testability The Law of...

This is the final post in my series on OOD class principles and testability.  It has included: Single Responsibility Principle and Testability The Interface Segregation Principle and Testability Dependency Inversion Principle and Testability Open Closed Principle and Testability Liskov Substitution Principle and Testability The Law of...

Straight from the source: THERE SHOULD NEVER BE MORE THAN ONE REASON FOR ACLASS TO CHANGE. What is a Responsibility?In the context of the Single Responsibility Principle (SRP) we define a responsibility to be ���a reason for change.��� If you can think of more than one motive for changing a class, then that class has more than [...]

Straight from the source: THERE SHOULD NEVER BE MORE THAN ONE REASON FOR ACLASS TO CHANGE. What is a Responsibility?In the context of the Single Responsibility Principle (SRP) we define a responsibility to be ���a reason for change.��� If you can think of more than one motive for changing a class, then that class has more than [...]

So c2.com does not maintain a good page on ISP.  I will lean on David Hayden to round up a quick explanation of ISP: The Interface-Segregation Principle focuses on the cohesiveness of interfaces with respect to the clients that use them.  Here are some other descriptions I found while Googling: ���Many client specific interfaces are...

So c2.com does not maintain a good page on ISP.  I will lean on David Hayden to round up a quick explanation of ISP: The Interface-Segregation Principle focuses on the cohesiveness of interfaces with respect to the clients that use them.  Here are some other descriptions I found while Googling: ���Many client specific interfaces are...

I have recently read the book Blink.�� Here is an excerpt from Malcolm's site: 1. What is "Blink" about? It's a book about rapid cognition, about the kind of thinking that happens in a blink of an eye. When you meet someone for the first time, or walk into ...

I have recently read the book Blink.�� Here is an excerpt from Malcolm's site: 1. What is "Blink" about? It's a book about rapid cognition, about the kind of thinking that happens in a blink of an eye. When you meet someone for the first time, or walk into ...

So there has been this enormous discussion on the Yahoo TDD Group about testability: it was kicked off by��Marcus.�� I used this��dialogue as an opportunity to��explorer something my gut has been bothering me about. My gut has been trying to warn me that TDD, as I understand it, provides inadequate ...