At 07:00 2009-07-22, Ted Roche <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 9:08 PM, Gene Wirchenko<[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > I am trying to put together a simple test suite for the app
> > that I maintain. My boss does not really see the need for it, and he
> > is the one who has to establish the standard. I think, I hope that
> > he is going to do it, to humour me if nothing else.
>I have bought into the religion of Test-Driven Development and
^^^^^^^^
You debase both religion and our field with this.
>Behavior-Driven Development. TDD and BDD dictate that you use tests
>all the time to (1) establish what you want to code to do, (2) confirm
>that the code is doing what you want, and (3) confirm the change you
>make doesn't change the behavior of the code you're working on, or the
>code in some other part of the system.
>
>There are a lot of write-ups of these techniques and the resultant
>increase in productivity and quality. I'll bet you can find some
>articles that will get your boss thinking it's a direction worth
>exploring.
He just does not see the problems that *I* have had over the
years with the billing calculations (the hairiest part of the
system). He sees that there was an occasional problem. It was far
worse. I did not (and still do not) have certainty on the
code. This is Not a Good Thing.
Since I am requiring some of his time to get this going, the
expense appears high to him.
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
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