Comments for The Code Dump http://www.codelord.net A place a coder rants at... Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:32:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Stop Bitching: Use the Tools You Want by The Code Dump » Blog Archive » Stop Bitching: Do Self-Agile - A place a coder rants at… http://www.codelord.net/2011/12/18/stop-bitching-use-the-tools-you-want/#comment-9527 The Code Dump » Blog Archive » Stop Bitching: Do Self-Agile - A place a coder rants at… Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:32:27 +0000 http://www.codelord.net/?p=682#comment-9527 [...] one deserves a post of its own, but luckily for us I’ve already written it! You don’t need permission to write tests, use the right tools, and just coding in an [...] [...] one deserves a post of its own, but luckily for us I’ve already written it! You don’t need permission to write tests, use the right tools, and just coding in an [...]

]]> Comment on Stop Bitching: Write Those Damn Tests by The Code Dump » Blog Archive » Stop Bitching: Do Self-Agile - A place a coder rants at… http://www.codelord.net/2011/11/28/stop-bitching-write-those-damn-tests/#comment-9508 The Code Dump » Blog Archive » Stop Bitching: Do Self-Agile - A place a coder rants at… Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:48:21 +0000 http://www.codelord.net/?p=510#comment-9508 [...] one deserves a post of its own, but luckily for us I’ve already written it! You don’t need permission to write tests, use the right tools, and just coding in [...] [...] one deserves a post of its own, but luckily for us I’ve already written it! You don’t need permission to write tests, use the right tools, and just coding in [...]

]]> Comment on Looking Back on 18 months of Testing and TDD at a Startup by Stefan http://www.codelord.net/2012/01/06/looking-back-on-18-months-of-testing-and-tdd-at-a-startup/#comment-5998 Stefan Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:58:48 +0000 http://www.codelord.net/?p=701#comment-5998 Very nice post and nice to see how you brought the TDD culture to life. I'm still struggling to get this TDD culture everywhere I am, some people really don't 'want' to get it. And I don't want them to force to. All I can do is whatever I think that is right to do. So yes, I write tests (I am the only one on the team) and I do them before writing 'PROD' code. Great to see how it turned out for you and that it worked in your company. I keep this as an inspiration for my future teams I have to work with. Very nice post and nice to see how you brought the TDD culture to life. I’m still struggling to get this TDD culture everywhere I am, some people really don’t ‘want’ to get it. And I don’t want them to force to. All I can do is whatever I think that is right to do. So yes, I write tests (I am the only one on the team) and I do them before writing ‘PROD’ code.

Great to see how it turned out for you and that it worked in your company. I keep this as an inspiration for my future teams I have to work with.

]]> Comment on Looking Back on 18 months of Testing and TDD at a Startup by Evgeny http://www.codelord.net/2012/01/06/looking-back-on-18-months-of-testing-and-tdd-at-a-startup/#comment-5279 Evgeny Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:00:35 +0000 http://www.codelord.net/?p=701#comment-5279 -- excuses Being open to ideas is one thing, time constraints, management pressure and the lack of understanding how TDD or a great test harness helps beating these constraints and produce exceptional code is another. It is a tough buy for the uninitiated. Not to mention the existing legacy codebase which makes it even harder, or the lack of accepted pair programming practice that could have help crunch through walls of crud and ugliness (that exist because of the above mentioned reasons). -- eoe And to top all that -- unfortunately even in startups, some people see coding as just another mundane task that needs doing, not as something similar to great art or great food, where the difference is vast between "just some edible junk food" and "amazing delicious cuisine" (imho). – excuses
Being open to ideas is one thing, time constraints, management pressure and the lack of understanding how TDD or a great test harness helps beating these constraints and produce exceptional code is another. It is a tough buy for the uninitiated.

Not to mention the existing legacy codebase which makes it even harder, or the lack of accepted pair programming practice that could have help crunch through walls of crud and ugliness (that exist because of the above mentioned reasons).
– eoe

And to top all that — unfortunately even in startups, some people see coding as just another mundane task that needs doing, not as something similar to great art or great food, where the difference is vast between “just some edible junk food” and “amazing delicious cuisine” (imho).

]]> Comment on Looking Back on 18 months of Testing and TDD at a Startup by Aviv Ben-Yosef http://www.codelord.net/2012/01/06/looking-back-on-18-months-of-testing-and-tdd-at-a-startup/#comment-5274 Aviv Ben-Yosef Sat, 07 Jan 2012 11:28:02 +0000 http://www.codelord.net/?p=701#comment-5274 Thanks for the catch! I've fixed it. Anyway - I believe you're capable of pulling it off where you are too, because of you being you and because I'm assuming you wouldn't have joined a place with people that wouldn't be open to good ideas :) Thanks for the catch! I’ve fixed it. Anyway – I believe you’re capable of pulling it off where you are too, because of you being you and because I’m assuming you wouldn’t have joined a place with people that wouldn’t be open to good ideas :)

]]> Comment on Stop Bitching: Write Those Damn Tests by The Code Dump » Blog Archive » Looking Back on 18 months of Testing and TDD at a Startup - A place a coder rants at… http://www.codelord.net/2011/11/28/stop-bitching-write-those-damn-tests/#comment-5273 The Code Dump » Blog Archive » Looking Back on 18 months of Testing and TDD at a Startup - A place a coder rants at… Sat, 07 Jan 2012 11:26:42 +0000 http://www.codelord.net/?p=510#comment-5273 [...] you’re interested in accomplishing the same at your work, you might find this recent post of mine of some [...] [...] you’re interested in accomplishing the same at your work, you might find this recent post of mine of some [...]

]]> Comment on Looking Back on 18 months of Testing and TDD at a Startup by Evgeny http://www.codelord.net/2012/01/06/looking-back-on-18-months-of-testing-and-tdd-at-a-startup/#comment-5272 Evgeny Sat, 07 Jan 2012 11:22:01 +0000 http://www.codelord.net/?p=701#comment-5272 "... find this" what? C'mon, you can't leave us is suspense like that! Congratulations on the TDD culture, sure wish I had this at the startup I just started with. Guess I'll need to pull teeth, sweat and blood, to make our current code base anywhere near anything sensible. Will take a while, but do far I'm optimistic. “… find this” what? C’mon, you can’t leave us is suspense like that!

Congratulations on the TDD culture, sure wish I had this at the startup I just started with. Guess I’ll need to pull teeth, sweat and blood, to make our current code base anywhere near anything sensible. Will take a while, but do far I’m optimistic.

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]]> Comment on Using Puppet to Automatically Configure New EC2 Instances by Andrew Watson http://www.codelord.net/2010/12/19/using-puppet-to-automatically-configure-new-ec2-instances/#comment-3141 Andrew Watson Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:47:47 +0000 http://www.codelord.net/?p=308#comment-3141 I'm wondering if your "autosigning" scenario might be helped by using mcollective to more quickly identify nodes... I’m wondering if your “autosigning” scenario might be helped by using mcollective to more quickly identify nodes…

]]> Comment on Stop Bitching: the Autonomous Craftsmanship Core by The Code Dump » Blog Archive » Stop Bitching: Use the Tools You Want - A place a coder rants at… http://www.codelord.net/2011/11/12/stop-bitching-the-autonomous-craftsmanship-core/#comment-2810 The Code Dump » Blog Archive » Stop Bitching: Use the Tools You Want - A place a coder rants at… Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:52:19 +0000 http://www.codelord.net/?p=504#comment-2810 [...] just won’t let you use the right tool, or in the right way. As I’ve said in the previous posts if anything is so bad you can’t work with it – leave; otherwise, you gotta learn [...] [...] just won’t let you use the right tool, or in the right way. As I’ve said in the previous posts if anything is so bad you can’t work with it – leave; otherwise, you gotta learn [...]

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