Nothing should be in the core (not even the tests) in the core we should have a way to load package from a distribution server.
Now if this is in Pharo-dev this is another story :) We can get tests and mock and mock framework. Stef > I agree with you Dennis. TDD practices are far ahead in Ruby / Java / Python > world. > > BUT IMHO can be a real cool neaty great platform for TDD because we have: > dynamic development. > > What I think we miss: > - put a Mock framework in PharoCore - Mocks should be a standard tool even > for low-level stuff > - introduce pragmas to declare tests / setUp / tearDown methods so I can write > > AddressBookWithLaurentAndDennis>>createAddressBook > <setUpTest> > bla bla > > AddressBookWithLaurentAndDennis>>shouldHaveNumberOfContactsAnswersTwo > <test> > blabla > > AddressBookWithLaurentAndDennis>>ifDennisRemovedNumberOfContactsShouldAnswersOne > <test> > bla bla > > > > - (harder) interface to / creation of an executable requirements / BDD > framework like Cucumber http://cukes.info/ > > Laurent > > > On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 4:31 AM, Dennis Schetinin <[email protected]> wrote: > As for me, I'm simply unable to establish smooth test-driven process without > Mocks. I think it does not depend on language at all. > > Without mocks I have to divide the task I have into smaller independent > parts. It's actually an up-front design. I can make a mistake (I usually do); > even worse it's often just impossible to accomplish because too many > subcomponents usually interact thoroughly and I simply don't know which one > to implement first :). So, without mocks I have to code bottom-up, from > details to general. This is unnatural and error-prone. > > With mocks I can start directly from the task I have. I get a use case and > write a test for the one. Creating the test I detect subcomponents needed, > understand how they should interact and document that in the same test. As > those subcomponents do not exist yet, I have to specify them and their > behavior right in the test (if I don't want to break the process I've just > started). That's why I really need mocks. Then I can take another use case or > implement one of the mocks I used as a real object and so on. Thus, mocks > allow me to go top-down and implement only the things I really need, not the > things I think I'll need. > > Are there other, maybe better, approaches? > > Concerning TDD popularity… I'm not sure TDD plays the role it should in > Smalltalk community. > > Messing with Smalltalk for about 7–8 years, I can't say I often see real TDD > code. About 50–70% (depending on Smalltalk dialect) of frameworks I use have > no tests at all. The rest often looks being tested a posteriori. Perhaps, > Pharo is the only exclusion… > > And if TDD is really popular and widely used, why do we have so much > regression bugs even in core subsystems even in commercial Smalltalks? > > Please, correct me if I'm wrong. > > 2010/11/23 laurent laffont <[email protected]> > > On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 5:39 PM, Luc Fabresse <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Dennis, > > Yes, TDD is highly popular and encouraged in the Smalltalk community. > And mocks are not necessary in most cases. > > > Hi Luc, > > why Mocks are less necessary in Smalltalk than in other > (Ruby/Python/whatever...) languages ? Do you have some examples / link ? > > Sometimes I think a mocking library should be in PharoCore so I don't need to > write my own mocks..... > > > Cheers, > > Laurent > > > > > #Luc > > > 2010/11/23 Dennis Schetinin <[email protected]> > > How is it compared to Mocketry (http://www.squeaksource.com/Mocketry.html)? > SMock? > > BTW, isn't TDD without mocks a bit incomplete? And is TDD popular among > smalltalkers actually? > > 2010/11/22 Mariano Martinez Peck <[email protected]> > > This is cool Anindya. I don't need mocks right now, but I will keep it in > mind! > > I cc'ed Pharo-dev mailing list. > > Cheers > > Mariano > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Anindya Haldar <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 10:11 AM > Subject: [Pharo-users] TestMock: a full featured mock testing framework now > available in SqueakSource > To: [email protected] > > > Dear Pharoers, > > TestMcok is a full featured mock based test framework that I am very glad to > contribute to the community. It is in squeaksource under the project name > TestMock. Please feel free to try it, and feedback will be greatly > appreciated. The wiki section includes a brief how-to guide with code > examples. > > Regards, > Anindya Haldar > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-users > > > > > > -- > Dennis Schetinin > > > > > > -- > Dennis Schetinin >
