Archive for the 'Java' Category

Samsung Blackjack and Gmail/Google Maps

Update for you BlackJack owners on Cingular, get your extended battery for free if you haven’t already.

Unusual and a nice gesture from Cingular, but if you got your BlackJack a while ago then it came with two standard batteries. In my experience the standard battery lasts less than a day if you are [...]

RSpec for JRuby

RSpec, the Behavior Driven Development(BDD) library for Ruby, has been solidifying on JRuby recently. A post to the mailing list last week pointed out that it’s now passing nearly 100% of its specification (the RSpec term for a test suite). http://www.infoq.com/news/2006/11/RSpecOnJRuby

I mentioned rSpec in Beyond Test Driven Development: Behaviour [...]

Developing your mojo… a maven2 quote.

I have the the Better Builds with Maven book on my desk here opened to “Developing your first Mojo.” EVERYONE that has walked in has commented something clever regarding their mojo.

This afternoon this happened:

dev1: I wish I had developed my first mojo in college. dev2: You [...]

Beyond Test Driven Development: Behaviour Driven Development

A friend over at Pivotal sent me a link to this Google Video: Beyond Test Driven Development: Behaviour Driven Development.

This quote sets the tone for this awesome talk:

Everyone’s happy doing TDD… and everyone is getting the maximum benefit right? Bullshit.

Thanks go out to parkert for sending me this link.

Update: [...]

Test Categorization with TestNG

I asked you all earlier: What defines a test suite in your organization?

I’ve also written about TestNG and now Andy Glover brings them together with this Dev2Dev article Test Categorization Techniques with TestNG This is a great article, go check it out.