Re: [TFUI] My book on TDD for Views is available online
George Dinwiddie <lists-HLNzD44B1AikJOqCEYON2AC/[email protected]> Thu, 08 Apr 2010 08:57:47 -0400
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Phlip,
Just so you know, the diagrams come out as black rectangles (sometimes
with labeled white rectangles on them) when viewed with Preview on my
Mac. I haven't tried reading on a different machine, yet.
- George
Phlip wrote:
> http://zeroplayer.com/tfui/TestFirstUserInterfaces.pdf
>
> It addresses these industry abuses:
>
> - skipping the View layer in TDD
> - testing the View thru a user-emulator (such as Watir!)
> - writing the View code first, then testing it (a little!)
>
> The goal is new test cases drive new View features, without looking at or
> driving the View too often.
>
> That is a tall hill to scale, hence the book is very dense. However, each
> chapter and case study contains its own Best Practices that can be learned
> alone, just by reading them.
>
> Work with the book inspired my subsequent research with RoR, including
> assert{ 2.0 }, assert_xhtml{}, and assert_rjs_. An alternate Web chapter is
> my O'Reilly paper on TDD for Ajax: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596510657
>
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<p>Phlip,<br>
<br>
Just so you know, the diagrams come out as black rectangles (sometimes <br>
with labeled white rectangles on them) when viewed with Preview on my <br>
Mac. I haven't tried reading on a different machine, yet.<br>
<br>
- George<br>
<br>
Phlip wrote:<br>
> <a href="http://zeroplayer.com/tfui/TestFirstUserInterfaces.pdf">http://zeroplayer.<wbr>com/tfui/<wbr>TestFirstUserInt<wbr>erfaces.pdf</a><br>
> <br>
> It addresses these industry abuses:<br>
> <br>
> - skipping the View layer in TDD<br>
> - testing the View thru a user-emulator (such as Watir!)<br>
> - writing the View code first, then testing it (a little!)<br>
> <br>
> The goal is new test cases drive new View features, without looking at or <br>
> driving the View too often.<br>
> <br>
> That is a tall hill to scale, hence the book is very dense. However, each <br>
> chapter and case study contains its own Best Practices that can be learned <br>
> alone, just by reading them.<br>
> <br>
> Work with the book inspired my subsequent research with RoR, including <br>
> assert{ 2.0 }, assert_xhtml{<wbr>}, and assert_rjs_. An alternate Web chapter is <br>
> my O'Reilly paper on TDD for Ajax: <a href="http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596510657">http://oreilly.<wbr>com/catalog/<wbr>9780596510657</a><br>
> <br>
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