by Carlos Ble | Oct 11, 2013 | JavaScript, pyDoubles, Test Driven Development, Testing
There are several good frameworks out there to create test doubles with JavaScript. Jasmine and Sinon provide test spies and stubs. JsMockito looks good too. However, creating your own API for test stubs is very easy. I’ve created mine as an exercise....
by Carlos Ble | Oct 10, 2013 | JavaScript, Testing
Next week, I’ll be taking part in the London Tester Gathering Workshops at SkillsMatter. I’ll be giving a 4 hours workshop on JavaScript aimed at software testers on Thursday. Inspired by the workshop, I am working on a JavaScript manual for testers...
by Carlos Ble | Sep 24, 2013 | JavaScript, Retrospectivas, Test Driven Development
Talking at SkillsMatter Last week was very intense indeed. I gave my first talk at Skills Matter (video here). BDD for RIAs with JavaScript – Skills Matter from Carlos Ble I must say I am not content with my talk because my English was rubbish but on the other...
by Carlos Ble | Sep 11, 2013 | Clean code
“Feature envy” is a typical code smell in Object Oriented Programming. It can be appreciated when code talking to an object accesses directly to that object’s fields or properties, from the outside, breaking the encapsulation. // feature envy:...
by Carlos Ble | Sep 5, 2013 | Agile, Software Development
A version control system should be easy to use, at least when you just need to perform basic tasks. This is why I like Mercurial. It’s powerful yet easy. And TortoiseHG is an excellent client app. It’s got the same GUI in Linux, MacOS and Windows. This is...
by Carlos Ble | Aug 11, 2013 | JavaScript, Test Driven Development
Rich internet applications bring a powerful user experience. But in order to achieve that, they must be written totally different from traditional webs. The paradigm is totally different and so the architecture. There is no “server side” as such. In some...
