Red Squirrel Reflections Dave Hoover explores the psychology of software development

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Test Dependency
Tuesday, October 15, 2002

The development cycle at work feels slow, but the Cactus Unit Tests are building up and my confidence in the code is growing. It's amazing how quickly I have grown dependant on running the Cactus tests on a regular basis to give me that reassurance. And when it comes time to implement the next feature, I now head for the tests first. Focusing on getting that next test passing also helps me to keep the coding cycles short, usually just a few minutes, which also keeps me focused on doing the simplest thing that will possibly work. I feel good habits starting to form.

It's the same with the Ruby Refactoring project with Roman. RubyUnit has become our driver as we continue the devlelopment of our Railroad classes at Giordano's.

Still trying to find a time that Wyatt and I can get together...

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