Do you like horror movies? I do. Especially those Japanese horror movies. You know, when you have that creepy ghost kid, making your life miserable. Pops up behind, moves things around unexpectedly. And on occasion, kill the protagonist. Mocks can be like that. Well, they probably won’t kill you, but Read more…
Once upon a time, I had an API, and I wanted to test if it works. All great fairy tales begin like that. Here it is. GET http://www.starshop.com/used/buy?item=1701 But listen up. I actually knew it worked. I got a 200 back! Yes, the mother of all HTTP statuses. The status Read more…
So this one’s a bit depressing. Not because of the bad jokes, but it does make you think about the world, how big and complex it is, and how we are so small, and we can’t do anything about it. And API testing as well. Well, the great Cat Stevens Read more…
Well, now I’m missing a conference in one more continent and I’m done. Although I don’t think we’ll see an Antarctica Java or C# conf anytime soon. Anyway, the “TDD with Legacy Code” was in Java, so if you want to know how to fix bugs with TDD, or want Read more…
SPRING IS HERE! Well, not really. Well, according to my window it looks like it, but the calendar says otherwise. But the recording of the Tips for Spring Testing webinar is here. In fact, it’s just below. Check it out! Oh, and if you’re interested in some training on these Read more…
Let me count the ways. Alone. In the dark, or with the light on. Does it return the expected status? Does it do what we expect it to do? You know, the absolute simple stuff. With different inputs. Different paths, different parameters, different bodies. Changing parameters is good. We can Read more…
A few weeks back, I was on the “Testing Show” podcast, discussing testability with Matt Heusser and Michael Larsen. Michael and I have a shared fondness for discussing testability issues. How could you not? Testability is not just a giant matter all by itself. It has code, architecture, and design Read more…
So you’re probably thinking: Yes, we’ve seen the Java version of Writing a Rest API with TDD. But can you do it in other languages as well? Say, C#? And if you do, what would it look like? Well, you wouldn’t believe it. You can. And I was fortunate enough Read more…
That webinar was fun, and it left me with a couple of ideas on how to do more of these. But this one’s pretty slick too. I show how to take TDD principles, and apply them to regular, ugly code. Examples are in Java, but the principles apply in every Read more…
You know how these things work. You go to a restaurant, complain about the dirty fork and get kamikaze attacked by the chef. Or, you don’t keep the code clean, and the user dies. Same-same. Well maybe that’s not everyone’s experience. But code hygiene is important. Check out the video. Read more…