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Archive for May, 2006

May 25, 2006

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Articles

Automating “All” Tests

Sure, test automation is a good thing. But we can’t, and shouldn’t, automate them all. Why then, ask people to “automate all tests”?

May 3, 2006

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Articles

Bowling Vectors

June Kim posted a J Language version of bowling that is very vector-oriented. As an experiment, I coded up a vector-style version in Ruby, TDD of course. It turned out to be kind of interesting.

May 2, 2006

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Articles, Classics

We Tried Baseball and It Didn’t Work

An allegory? Sarcasm? Humorous pastiche? You decide.

Developer Quality! … and Certification?

Uncle Bob Martin comments on “Developer Certification WTF?” in a recent blog entry. Let’s talk a bit about developer quality, and some things that are being done about it.

Choose Tools to Increase Skill

Choose your tools wisely, that they allow for the development of your skill.

Problems with Acceptance Testing (combined)

Jim Shore has written a short item with the above title. Let’s think about it a bit.

Book Review: Shop Class as Soulcraft

Author Matthew B. Crawford is a physicist, has a Ph.D. in political philosophy, and is a motorcycle mechanic. What’s not to like? Recommended for practitioners, managers, executives.

What is really essential?

Jens Meydam asked “What do you really care about in Scrum?” I decided to answer, instead, “What do you think is really essential in Scrum-style software development?