Jay’s TDD QuickStart, and the underlying problems he stumbled into - A blog by Jeremy D. Miller re: TDD. Really interesting read, as usual.
March 30, 2007
March 27, 2007
March 25, 2007
Test-Driven Development by Example
Test-Driven Development by Example by Kent Beck ISBN 0-321-14653-0
I bought this book ages ago, read it cover to cover and failed to get TDD and this book. I thought it was all a bit too simple. It was like, why code so bloody slowely?
But .. in hindsight .. it’s actually a rather good book. OK, I still find some of the examples soo bloomin’ slow to read through that I fall asleep but the ideas that Kent is trying to convey are spot on. Basically it’s these ideas that are important not the examples .. and these TDD ideas are all rather subtle. I totally missed them the first time I read the book.
Basically I’d recommend the book and suggest you follow the steps below:
1. Read the book.
2. Use TDD.
3. Read the book again.
4. Light bulb moment 
March 23, 2007
March 20, 2007
NUnit and v2 (or other versions) of the .NET framework
NUnit for .Net 2.0 - Do We Really Need It? - Overview of getting NUnit to work with multiple versions of the .NET framework.
Actually .. in the end I gave up trying to use the two versions (didnt try very long) .. so I just have both versions installed on my work laptop.
Mock Objects
Unit testing with mock objects - IBM Improve your unit tests by replacing your collaborators with mock objects
March 19, 2007
Big Wave Surfing
Hardcore and not a little reckless - it makes pretty awesome viewing.
Tow-in Surfing Laird Hamilton Vast Touched
BIG Surf, BAD Wipeouts, Laird Hamilton
Sod this .. I’m going to watch “Ride the Big Wave” on low tech VHS and see some hi quality film of big surf
March 18, 2007
Suzuki GS1000
An 1980’s GS1000 race bike is just one of various bikes projects that I’m interested in.
Links
1980 Suzuki GS1000 Superbike - Motorcycle Museum org.
Motorcycle Insurance Grouping
Vauntage Bike Insurance Groups
I have no idea if the ratings are correct but they seem about right.
It’s a start if your sitting down and trying to figure out which bike to get.
March 14, 2007
Jeremy Miller - Dynamic Behavior with the Decorator Pattern
Jeremy Miller - Dynamic Behavior with the Decorator Pattern - OK it’s a pretty simple set of examples but that’s fine by me
All of Jeremy’s examples, that I’ve read so far, tend to be very accessable and that includes the reasoning behind the use of the pattern (unlike a lot of articles written by sandle wearing, Linux hippies). They also seem to be pretty accurate and even handed in their relationship to usage within .NET (unlike some articles written by M$).