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TypeMock Isolator and LINQ
I’m doing some work with TypeMock and I start to love it more and more. For example, how about removing your database completely from your continuous tests? Sure you can do some database testing during the nightly build, but please keep the tests as fast...
Posted: Jun 26 2008, 11:18 PM by Dennis van der Stelt | with no comments
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Unit tests are for functionality, not code!
Marco mailed me this morning with the following sentence Unit tests are meant to test functionality, NOT code! That means if you write your unit tests after the fact, you’re probably not focusing on the functionality. This comes from two weblogs that...
Posted: Jun 13 2008, 11:30 AM by Dennis van der Stelt | with no comments
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Refactor! Pro
I just finished the two day Professional Agile Programming course in which I introduced developers to some best practices and such, including a view over some good practices from methodologies (XP/Scrum/MSF). For this course I've been in contact with...
Posted: Feb 04 2008, 09:18 PM by Dennis van der Stelt | with 1 comment(s)
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Unit testing in Visual Studio 2008 tips
I blogged about new Unit Testing features in Visual Studio 2008 , but missed the following features back then. I thought it's still cool to share these with you. Short cut keys to run tests I used to use TestDriven.NET in the past for executing my...
Posted: Dec 11 2007, 04:30 PM by Dennis van der Stelt | with 6 comment(s)
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Agile principles, patterns and practices
A while ago I read the excellent book by Robert C. Martin, called "Agile Software Development : Principles, Patterns and Practices", I think one of the -if not the - books on [wikipedia:Agile Software Development]. But when in the need for a...
Posted: Dec 04 2007, 02:12 PM by Dennis van der Stelt | with 2 comment(s)
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Refactor! Pro goodness : Safe rename
Renames a non-private method or property in the class in a manner that does not break code in other assemblies which is dependent upon the old name. Do I need say more? Perhaps a picture that says more than a thousand words... I wanted to rename my WriteDocumentElements...
Posted: Nov 16 2006, 02:54 PM by Dennis van der Stelt | with 3 comment(s)
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Refactor it!
Now this is a great initiative! Billy McCafferty is doing a weekly contest where he uploads a Visual Studio 2005 solution of a C# project with a specific code smell . You must refactor the solution so that the code smell is removed and so it still passes...
Posted: Nov 15 2006, 09:58 AM by Dennis van der Stelt | with 1 comment(s)
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Bitslapping contest : LX vs Compile on Test integration in VS2005, part 2 response
Well, it seems Alex took things seriously and is slapping his bit-stick around. Thinks he can just slap me around and walk away with a smile, huh? Well, I'm not done with round 1 Alex. Round 1 Reflector integration Thank you for the point, Alex. +1 Dennis...
Posted: Nov 13 2006, 02:49 PM by Dennis van der Stelt | with 1 comment(s)
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TestDriven.NET 2.0 RTM
Some time ago I had a discussion with my colleague Alex Thissen about the differences between Visual Studio 2005 (unit) testing, and NUnit and TestDriven.NET. I'm very pro NUnit, but Alex says he can do everything I do with VS2005. I disagreed and we...
Posted: Nov 08 2006, 09:56 AM by Dennis van der Stelt | with 5 comment(s)
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Beat up your team members with the Continuous Integration Token
While writing his upcoming book The Art of Agile Development , James Shore is posting a lot of chapters on his website to be reviewed by visitors. He just posted a great chapter on how he thinks Continuous Integration should take place. He mentions the...
Posted: Aug 18 2006, 11:29 AM by Dennis van der Stelt | with 2 comment(s)
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Pragmatic Manager
I'm currently reading Behind Closes Doors , written by Johanna Rothman and Esther Derby. It's released under the Pragmatic Bookshelf label, and they're a great read. I've just finished Pragmatic Unit Testing and they had some good info that will come...
Posted: Jan 11 2006, 08:49 AM by Dennis van der Stelt | with no comments
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An introduction into the TDD Mantra
A while ago I gave a presentation, called “An introduction into the TDD Mantra”. The occasion was a technical meeting with some colleagues, to whom I wanted to introduce at least the principles behind Test-Driven Development. A lot of people...
Posted: Dec 14 2005, 04:28 PM by Dennis van der Stelt | with 14 comment(s)
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FITnesse and .NET
Want to know what FIT is, or how to use it? Read on......
Posted: Nov 24 2005, 09:18 AM by Dennis van der Stelt | with 3 comment(s)
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MSDN Webcast: Agile and eXtreme Programming
The people behind Enterprise Library will be doing a webcast about Agile and eXtreme Programming . Join this patterns & practices webcast with the Enterprise Library development team to learn about their experiences doing agile development in a collaborative...
Posted: Nov 23 2005, 05:19 PM by Dennis van der Stelt | with 1 comment(s)
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Refrigerator Code
During MIND , a colleague asked the audience if they were developing sexy shit. Bob Koss says it more politically correct, and calls it refrigerator code . While doing a TDD class, he explains the rules of Simple Design . A student called it refrigerator...
Posted: Oct 24 2005, 09:56 AM by Dennis van der Stelt | with 1 comment(s)
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