Once upon a time Java created an experiment called checked-exceptions, you know you have to declare exceptions or catch them. Since that time no other language (I know of) has decided to copy this idea, but somehow the Java developers are in love with checked exceptions. Here, I am going to “try” to convince you [...]

I would like to make an analogy between building software and building a car. I know it is imperfect one, as one is about design and the other is about manufacturing, but indulge me, the lessons are very similar. A piece of software is like a car. Lets say you would like to test a [...]

Just Wanted to share the latest slide deck with you, which I was presenting at RIM Test Automation Conference. I know that without the sound to go with it there is limited value, but I hope you get at least something out of it. Psychology of Testing

by Shyam Seshadri Before I jump into how exactly you can perform super fast and easy JS testing, let me give you some background on the problem. Javascript is a finicky language (Some people even hesitate to call it a language). And it can easily grow and become a horrible and complicated beast, incapable of [...]

Everyone seems  to think that they are writing OO after all they are using OO languages such as Java, Python or Ruby. But if you exam the code it is often procedural in nature. Static Methods Static methods are procedural in nature and they have no place in OO world. I can already hear the [...]

You hear people talking about small/medium/large/unit/integration/functional/scenario tests but do most of us really know what is meant by that? Here is how I think about tests. Unit/Small Lets start with unit test. The best definition I can find is that it is a test which runs super-fast (under 1 ms) and when it fails you [...]

Which one are you? I am an engineer. But maybe we should first define the differences between the two. Engineer cares about how the system is put together whereas CS cares about how it works. Do you care about the technology or the algorithm? The Interview Since I am on engineer, these are the kind [...]

Take your average developer and ask “do you know language/technology X?” None of us will feel any shame in admitting that we do not know X. After all there are so many languages, frameworks and technologies, how could you know them all? But what if X is writing testable code? Somehow we have trouble answering [...]

Reader asks: have a question regarding testing of Active Record style domain models The problem is: client code of these objects will instantiate them directly, modify some attributes and then invoke a save(), or insert() method directly on the object. Writing a unit test that doesnt talk to the database is difficult since the save/insert [...]

People often ask how can I justify two people when one will do. Will this not, just double my cost? To answer this question I think it is important to discuss what pair-programing is not. How much of your time do you spend writing code? If you answer 100% than you are lying! Between checking [...]