It's dated, as far as the Java side goes. A lot of the examples don't work anymore. This wouldn't be a problem if it were just writing classes and text-based programs (because then it's cake to do it in Ruby ;), but in his example he creates a full-blown GUI app. So it's kind of hard to follow along, and I think a book about testing is of limited use when you can't really test the code ;)
However it's still good from a conceptual standpoint, it drives home the point that TDD is about design, not testing. I really like Kent Beck's book, although it's more about testing techniques than using TDD as a design tool. This is an area where there's certainly a void, I think. All the people who've really mastered TDD/BDD are probably too busy working to write a book. I'm definitely looking forward to this. Pat On 8/8/07, Scott Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Speaking of a BDD book, does anyone recommend Dave Astels book? Or > should I assume I doing "testing well" if I'm using rspec? > > Scott > > On Aug 8, 2007, at 5:53 AM, Ashley Moran wrote: > > > <http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10368> > > > > Came across this as a stub page browsing Amazon UK. This is good > > news! I'm surprised it hasn't been discussed on the list before. > > Was Chad keeping it a secret? > > > > I hope it will have plenty of BDD theory. I'm still waiting for that > > magic book I can give to someone and say "here - read this, it tells > > you how to build software". > > > > Ashley > > > > _______________________________________________ > > rspec-users mailing list > > rspec-users@rubyforge.org > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users > > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > rspec-users@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users > _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
