Re: [TFUI] My book on TDD for Views is available online
Chet Hendrickson <lists-IJTVH83nWJ5uyWAYEt8FDAC/[email protected]> Thu, 8 Apr 2010 11:04:56 -0400
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Hello,
I get the same on my windows machine.
chet
Thursday, April 8, 2010, 8:57:47 AM, you wrote:
> 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=20
> Mac. I haven't tried reading on a different machine, yet.
> - George
> Phlip wrote:
>> http://zeroplayer.com/tfui/TestFirstUserInterfaces.pdf
>>=20
>> It addresses these industry abuses:
>>=20
>> - 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!)
>>=20
>> The goal is new test cases drive new View features, without looking at o=
r=20
>> driving the View too often.
>>=20
>> That is a tall hill to scale, hence the book is very dense. However, eac=
h=20
>> chapter and case study contains its own Best Practices that can be learn=
ed=20
>> alone, just by reading them.
>>=20
>> Work with the book inspired my subsequent research with RoR, including=20
>> assert{ 2.0 }, assert_xhtml{}, and assert_rjs_. An alternate Web chapter=
is=20
>> my O'Reilly paper on TDD for Ajax: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596510=
657
>>=20
--=20
Best regards,
Chet Hendrickson mailto:lists-IJTVH83nWJ5uyWAYEt8FDAC/[email protected]
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<p>Hello,<br>
<br>
I get the same on my windows machine.<br>
<br>
chet<br>
<br>
Thursday, April 8, 2010, 8:57:47 AM, you wrote:<br>
<br>
> 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>
<br>
-- <br>
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