> I would happily sit and talk JavaScript all day Doug. Give me a shout. I'm no expert but been doing it a few years now and really enjoy it. Except in IE6 :) You've said it now! When you say you're no expert, that's in the British, self-effacing, secretly-really-an-expert-but-too-bashful-to-say-so way, right? ;) I'm spending a bit more time with JS as I play with Unity, but that's not got some of the really cool features like closures, and it's rather more OO (based on files), but still -- it's getting my fingers' JS fluency up! Part of the problem with JS for me was testing, but Screw.Unit goes a long way to fixing that for me. Actually, part of the problem in getting to know any language or framework is that, now, I want to approach everything from a BDD (or TDD at least) perspective, but that's just not how they are taught. When all you have is a hammer, I guess ...
> Part of the problem of being know as/selling yourself as a "Rails guy" or whatever is that it emphasises the least important skill (knowledge of a programming language/framework etc) and omits the most important skill (being able to produce something that works properly and solves someone's actual problem). I guess "Rails rockstar" is just about the most damning description of a developer you could wish for... I *will* be quoting that! On 22 April 2010 20:54, Ashley Moran <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 22 Apr 2010, at 8:10 PM, doug livesey wrote: > > > I still can't understand how anyone can code anything of any complexity > without BDD (or TDD or whatever flavour). I know it's possible -- I used to > do it, but hell if I can figure how. > > Part of the problem of being know as/selling yourself as a "Rails guy" or > whatever is that it emphasises the least important skill (knowledge of a > programming language/framework etc) and omits the most important skill > (being able to produce something that works properly and solves someone's > actual problem). I guess "Rails rockstar" is just about the most damning > description of a developer you could wish for... > > Just my 2 awesome cents. > > Ash > > -- > http://www.patchspace.co.uk/ > http://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleymoran > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NWRUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<nwrug-members%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NWRUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members?hl=en.
