In my previous posts, I showed the syntax for context/specifications using Machine.Specifications (or MSpec for short) and how to use an auto mocking container in conjunction with this excellent Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) framework. For this post, I want to show you one of the nice features of MSpec called behaviors. Suppose we have to create […]
Read MoreSometimes I think things are more complicated than they really are. I got my head into a bind recently when I had some code that I really wanted under test in a Controller Action. My first thought was “Crap, this is going to be rough”. Mainly I was still thinking of my time trying to […]
Read MoreIn my previous post, I explained how to get started with Machine.Specifications (or MSpec for short) and showed you how the syntax for context/specifications looks like when using this BDD framework. For this post, I want to show you how to use an auto mocking container (we?ll be using the one provided by StructureMap off […]
Read MoreYesterday I gave a presentation on some new features in Silverlight 4. During this presentation I mentioned the newly available ability to interoperate with Office applications such as Outlook and Excel though the new ComAutomationFactory that is in Silverlight 4. Someone in the audience asked the question, ?Can I access my scanner?, and of course […]
Read MoreIts been a while since I evaluated and evolved my approach to BDD. The way I?ve been doing BDD up until now is described in this blog post which goes way back to 2008. Everyone has kind of their own style nowadays. Below you can find the code of two context/specifications for a method named […]
Read MoreThis is an idea that I?ve been throwing around for a while now, and I have implemented in a couple of project. The basic idea is to extend the basic master page, by adding more ContentPlaceholders, to give your developers a heads up as to where things should go. Lets start things out by outlining […]
Read MoreSome of us are hurting our profession with the casual way we treat language. In the following examples, that guy is Bob. Scenario 1 Bob: “Hey, where should we go to lunch?” Joe: “I dunno, get in the car and we’ll decide later.” Bob: “Yeah, we’ll just be agile about it.” Giggle, giggle. Tee hee […]
Read MoreToday I was testing a long running task where my basic scenario was to execute at the PowerShell prompt. C:\dev> LongRunningTask.exe > Test1.txt C:\dev> LongRunningTask.exe > Test2.txt C:\dev> LongRunningTask.exe > Test3.txt Change some code and do it all over again. C:\dev> LongRunningTask.exe > Test4.txt C:\dev> LongRunningTask.exe > Test5.txt C:\dev> LongRunningTask.exe > Test6.txt Although seemingly simple […]
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