Conceptric

The archives for testing

  1. Evolving style after six months on Rails

    It’s coming up to 6 months since I announced my transition from PHP to Ruby and I’m really getting the hang of my new web development toolkit by working on a personal project.

  2. How does behaviour drive development?

    Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) is an adaptation of earlier Test Driven practices (TDD) that’s growing on me, but it’s raised an interesting problem: the order in which to describe desired behaviour so that it actually drives development.

  3. Switching to Rails

    I know that a good developer should choose the best tool for the job in hand, but their own productivity and inspiration must inform the decision in selecting the best tool.

  4. Testing applications for the Web

    I’m a fan of Test-Driven Development because I enjoy the freedom that a comprehensive test suite provides: without it I tend to feel that I’m walking through a minefield.

  5. CodeIgniter test coverage

    I’m still not happy with the code coverage I can get even with SimpleTest fully integrated with CodeIgniter.

  6. Programming from a different angle

    I don’t feel I’ve got the programming experience I’d like for my future plans. So, I’ve got one of those personal project — the type that you never seem to get round to — in mind to provide me with a good workout. Which programming platform to use for the server-side application? Whilst I have [...]