http://www.marekj.com/wp cooperative software production infrastructure building Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:49:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The point: In Behavior Driven Development it is the behavior of the object you develop and not 'What It Is-ness'. I usually try first to visualize what an Object is as a Structural distinction and then attach behavior to it. This is my 'blind spot' a type of bias ... http://www.marekj.com/wp/2008/11/object-that-goes-bing/ As I have recently been interviewed for a prospective job one of the questions asked was about Agile and I was presented with some buzzwords. I couldn't help but point out couple of times to the interviewing person that ultimately it comes down to 'doing good work' no mater how ... http://www.marekj.com/wp/2008/10/testers-view-on-xp-ccc/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } The Plot Thickens, from Mmiika. http://www.marekj.com/wp/2008/09/watch-out-for-burndown-charts/ Yes, it's some strange stuff. http://www.marekj.com/wp/2008/09/a-guy-walks-into-a-bar-usecase-construction/ I have been reading on Model View Presenter and especially Presenter First pattern. . I was reading it thinking about Watir Test Framework where View is a Layer or Adapter that talks to Watir which talks to the browser. In this way View is 'dumb' - just an interface to ... http://www.marekj.com/wp/2008/08/presenter-first-pattern-ideas-for-watir-test-framework/ What I've noticed is that I don't write a lot about Watir and my usage of Watir and I've also noticed that when I read a post about Watir I don't comment and link to it. I guess I still treat it as an 'underground' or 'unapproved' tool and I ... http://www.marekj.com/wp/2008/08/writing-about-watir/ From Bret's blog announcement: "FireWatir 1.2.1 is Released (...) It also marks the merger of the FireWatir and Watir projects. Unlike Watir, FireWatir works on Windows, Mac and Linux" more info here This is great news. The tests written for IE will run in FireFox as well. This is a major step ... http://www.marekj.com/wp/2008/08/new-firewatir-and-watir-released/ Good title, good intention, lots of work in implementation. The idea is that I don't find a lot of time to dedicate to writing blog posts on my testing work, approach and so on so how bout my taking 3 minutes to just write, or 5 minutes or 7 minutes ... http://www.marekj.com/wp/2008/08/functional-testing-with-watir/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } IMG_9177, from lassekoskela. http://www.marekj.com/wp/2008/08/img_9177/ UPDATE. I guess I will just write on gist.github.com http://www.marekj.com/wp/2008/07/tinytutorial-yielding-value-back-to-block/