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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.

   • 4^th February 2010
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   Tagged with:

   • BDD
   • ruby
   • ruby on rails
   • testing

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.

   • 12^th November 2009
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   Tagged with:

   • BDD
   • processes
   • ruby on rails
   • testing

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.

   • 30^th August 2009
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   Tagged with:

   • frameworks
   • php
   • productivity
   • ruby
   • ruby on rails
   • testing

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.

   • 24^th April 2009
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   Tagged with:

   • testing
   • web development

5. CodeIgniter test coverage

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

   • 17^th April 2009
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   Tagged with:

   • codeigniter
   • simpletest
   • testing

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 [...]

   • 15^th February 2008
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   Tagged with:

   • agile
   • ant
   • simpletest
   • tdd
   • testing