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TDD takes years?

Sometimes it does. But with a supporting environment, like stated in the post, commited people around, lots of code and test review and quick feedback reporting loop it needs much less time. The problem is finding these environments. If you’re lucky enough to stumble on such a workplace stay there. After that, you can create

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Is QTP Really Anti-Agile?

I have no experience with QTP. But I know a bit to answer why QTP is or is anti-agile: 1) No support for programming languages like Java, .Net so that it allows it to be used as an acceptance testing tool. Having an acceptance test tool is very important for the team. QTP automates testing,

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Yet Another Racer Review

Note: Cross posted from The Typemock Insider Blog. Permalink And another Typemock Racer review emerges. Thanks, Bill Craun! I really appreciate the time you put into the review. Just to remind everyone, you can download Racer and find out what it can do for you.

Parameterized Tests and RowTests

Note: Cross posted from The Typemock Insider Blog. Permalink Mel Grubb talks about parameterized tests and why use it at all. He also raises the question whether having the ability to run parameterized tests can rule out usage of a framework. Personally, I think there are better ways to choose unit tests framework, but that’s

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Unit Tests Myth Busting

Note: Cross posted from The Typemock Insider Blog. Permalink Arjan Einbu spills the beans on his experience with unit testing, busting one myth after the other. Like the “I don’t have time” excuse, if you’ve used any of these excuses, better find a new one. Scratch that, write a test. And about the one where

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