Re: [TFUI] TDD of (ultimately) GUI app built atop a framework via plug-ins?

Phlip wrote:
> Al Chou wrote:
> 
> 
>>>Well, /Contributing to Eclipse: Principles, Patterns, and Plugins/ by
>>>Kent Beck, & Erich Gamma might possibly show how to TDD a plugin.
>>>Unless if they fell off the wagon... ;-)
>>
>>Thanks, Phlip.  That'll definitely be worth checking out.
> 
> 
> Don't ask how a Javaphobe like me has the book, but...
> 
> ...here we go. On page 91, it says "Test-Driven Plug-In Development".
> It requires PDE JUnit, a JUnit extension designed for plugins. Then it
> steps thru the architecture and the edits to start the ball rolling.
> 

> Gotta love authors who can make a narrative of a tedious development
> session defy gravity like that!
> 

They can defy gravity - but I can defy their rules... I am developing an 
eclipse plug-in in IntelliJ - so you don't absolutely need the PDE plug-in.

By the way, the book is outstanding in a teach-a-man-to-fish kind of 
way. I have it by my side right now.

Kevin


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