Tester Gone Dev

Going [back to] Ruby !

2011-12-19T11:05:00.000+02:00

Recollected recently how much I loved Ruby some years ago. Now planning to go back to it in my spare time, and possibly develop something useful using RoR

Reading "Thinking in Java" :Initialization & cleanup gems

2011-04-27T11:33:00.000+03:00

I've decided to read this book at the pace of [at least] 10 pages a day . This means it should take me ~4 months to finish it.
I've skipped the first ~pages or so, as it was all too known facts, but then realized that even topics which I think I'm well familiar with can hide gems of new knowledge as far as this book is concerned, so I decided to enhance my reading experience by blogging the new & interesting things that I learn while reading .
So, today's "I didn't know that " bit is ....

I didn't know it is possible to call constructor from inside another constructor & use this() for passing parameters to it !

A Unit Testing evangelist? Me?

2008-05-20T13:30:00.002+03:00

Well, not altogether surprising, given my professional background, "once a tester always a tester" and all that.
But unit testing is your friend, really it is ..:)

Latest example:
I'm writing my first (very) small feature.
Completed the coding and the testing, was almost ready to integrate it.
Then it turned out my new class was supposed to be processing a different type of message altogether.
Ohmigod.
Well, less ohmigod since the messages are quite alike.
so, a bit of refactoring, most of it find/replace type of thing...

But... but... how do I know it still works???
My beloved (see earlier post) unit tests of course! They still run, so I haven't broke anything major with this refactoring ...

I still love to test

2008-05-19T20:23:00.003+03:00

Here, I said it.
One of my favorite parts of being a dev, so far -has been to see my unit tests pass.
I love those little round green lights for each test that passes.
I love to make up scenarios , make a unit test out of them, and watch as my code passes them with flying (green :)) colors.
Aah, and since I'm still quite insecure about my coding abilities- this is pretty much the only thing that make me feel more secure about my code.
Quite a poster child for unit testing, I am :)

I wonder if this professed love of testing (most of my peers seem to view unit tests as necessity only ) means I'm a different kind of dev. A mixed breed....