Johnathon

Wright

Continuing the "TDD in .NET":http://blog.mustmodify.com/search/label/TDD%20with%20.NET series...  namespace EduTest{          public class NameTests     {                  public void name_can_be_implicitly_converted_to_string()         {             Name mick = new Name();             mick.FirstName = "Mick"           ...

Yet another post in the  "TDD with .NET":http://blog.mustmodify.com/search/label/TDD%20with%20.NET  series...  There are some fun tricks that can make code a little bit more elegant for advanced coders, though newer developers will take some adjusting. Suppose there is a business rule that when a name isn't valid (as defined by is_valid),...

Using the code from the "Introduction to TDD":http://blog.mustmodify.com/2008/12/introduction-to-unit-testing-in-net.html post, I now want the Name object to tell me whether or not it is valid. Let's suppose that the business rule is that names must have a first and last name. I add this to the Name class: ---csharp         public bool...

I accidentally discovered an unintuitive aspect of Ruby case statements. I can't decide whether it's a bug or a feature, or both. This code results in 'failure' ---ruby case Integer when Integer   'success' else   'failure' end --- whereas this code results in 'success' ---ruby case 3 when Integer   'success' else   'failure' end --- Ruby...

Sometimes you just have a paste a crazy-long string into your code. I find myself doing this often when it comes to testing. It might even have single and double quotes, so it's awkward to put quotes around the area and escape the quotes. One solution is Ruby's implementation of the heredoc. Essentially, you're saying, "This is a string. Go...

Here's a list I'm keeping of website Vital Signs I want to implement in my "Ruby Website Telemetry":http://blog.mustmodify.com/2008/07/ruby-website-telemetry.html application: Database -- Primary / Backup / Reporting Database Availability -- Queries per Second -- Average Query Time -- Sort Buffer Size -- Query Cache Hit Ratio -- Thread...

from Telemetry on Wikipedia: *Telemetry* is a "technology":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology that allows the remote measurement and reporting of "information":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information of interest to the system designer or operator. The word is derived from "Greek":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language roots _tele_...

I've taken a position as an "application developer" with ThoughtWorks US. I'll be based out of their Atlanta office. I'm in Chicago having been through two days of meetings with People Support (human resources ++ ), People Development ( training ++ ), accounting, recruiting, and a whole host of others. Our group of eight lateral (ie not fresh...