Re: Roadmap Updated

Hi Charlie,
 
> > > I don't know what you mean by "Theory" but to my > > definition, it's a > > > lot more than a combination of two technical approaches.> > > It's a whole new concept and a way of thinking about things.> > > > It is a new concept, but like BDD, it's a concept that I > > think merely encapsulates the RowTest and IterativeTest > > approaches, with the possible addition of randomly or > > semi-randomly generated parameter sets. If there is more to > > your understanding of Theory than that, I'd like to know what it is.> > I disagree very strongly. It's not merely a combination of several> programming techniques. It's an entirely different way of thinking.> Certainly, data-driven techniques are a part of it. If I were the> guy who originated the concepts, I'd be offended, but I think he's> less touchy than I am. :-)> > Because I take this new concept very seriously, it is an impediment> to communication for me to have to discuss "theory-like" implementations> as a shorthand for "interchangeable data sources" - which is what> I suspect you may be talking about.> 
I feel that you've grokked Theories more than us (well, me at least!) and have some strong ideas about it, but you're not giving much away ;-)  is that to get our ideas out of us without us being biased by first hearing your thoughts?
 
If not, it would be great to hear what exactly theory means to you, and some ideas of what you think this means to NUnit v3 - maybe with some examples? I've only read the first paper on theories that you linked to, you did send links to some more resources but I haven't had time to read them yet (which may be part of my lack of understanding ;-) )
 
What do you think of the theory implementations in xUnit.net/JUnit? What are you planning to be different in NUnit?
 
Cheers,
Gary
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