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Re: Two Questions I Ask For New Sites

Aaron Oliver — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:10:03 -0000

Thanks for the spell-check, Matt, but how do you know I wasn't TRYING to write in a stereotypical Italian accent...eh....EH?...

Re: The cost of (not) testing software

Aaron Oliver — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:24:08 -0000

I'm starting to feel the test re-writing pain myself. I think this overhead is a secret, second wave of opposition to testing. Much more insidious than the initial "Wha? I have to write more code?" barrier.

Re: What I Miss Most About Java

Aaron Oliver — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:21:01 -0000

@mike Hrm. Maybe I shall...
I think the heart of the matter is that Java has J2EE, which, fickle though it may be, does a moderately good job of standardizing things.

It's reasonable that if you've built a J2EE app at one job, you'll at least recognize SOME of what you find at the next.

Re: I heart Python doctests

Aaron Oliver — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:28:17 -0000

I agree with Michael, and shall invoke The Zen:

"There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it"

If you have useful tests in doctests AND in test modules, you've created two ways to write tests, have violated the Zen, and are condemned to burn in hell surrounded by Javangelists for all eternity.

In practical terms, though, you're probably OK. I think there just has to be a very clear line drawn about what goes where.