Tim,
It sounds a lot like
construct from call, "ON STEROIDS
http://www.intellij.com/pipermail/eap-features/2001-October/000816.html
I didn't get much success with this one, 5 moints ago.
Alain Ravet
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Mackinnon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 1:52 AM
Subject: [Eap-features] TestFirst XP and create class on unknown type
> I work on an XP team and Martin Fowler often sings your praises so we
> thought we would give it a go. In our early tests its very good - we are
> very impressed.
>
> However I want to give you some XP feedback - in a test first environment
> you often refer to types that are not there yet (you refer to them in your
> test with the notion of creating them later) and I think you can do better
> (although you are not bad)..
>
> I often create a test method and then refer to a type that isn't there
e.g.
>
> ServiceCalculator
>
> at this point you show red and only offer to create a field - this isn't
> very helpful in an XP world and to be honest not many people create a
field
> with a capitalised name - you really should offer a second option - create
> Class and third Create Interface - this really would support XP and java.
>
> I say this becuase the next bit you type is a variable name (more often
than
> not named a<typename> or f<typename> or my<typname> according to your
house
> style (p.s. you handle this nicely with a nice LiveTemplate called prefix
> with a $variable$ and a definitoin of captalize(suggestTypeName())) ) then
> you type "new" and want to complete again (ahhh the tedium of Java).
>
> If you have already defined the type - and type "new" then complete works
> well - it expands to the type you mentioned at the beginning. If the type
is
> undefined (the normal case in test first) then you can't complete and have
> to type the name again - at this point you do offer to create a class -
but
> in test first its just too late and tedium has already set in. Creating
the
> type at the beginning would be just so handy and then your normal rules
appy
> (unless you created an interface - and then after the new you want either
a
> list of conforming classes or an offer to create a new type that conforms
to
> the interface).
>
> I know teh above is a bit tricky to read - but you do have the ability to
be
> a leader in XP developement tools.
>
> Tim
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