tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055499922775600843.post1383224182557356401..comments2024-03-23T12:28:05.901+00:00Comments on Expected Results: Steve Freeman - SmellsPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00281118161548464012noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055499922775600843.post-34027554881253369832011-06-13T14:01:07.243+01:002011-06-13T14:01:07.243+01:00"One thing I did think of though ( and only a..."One thing I did think of though ( and only after the event ) was his examples of code that was hard to test."<br /><br />Right. That seemed strange to me too. My guess is he is talking about adding tests on top of either legacy systems or systems with boundaries, EG /you/ are testing a component that needs to interact with a component written by someone else 2 iterations ago ... and he 'no longer works here' ... <br /><br />Sadly, I can't get over the pond that often for these things, so thank you for the write up!Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05956714498778698672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055499922775600843.post-10418010730488106872011-06-04T09:53:50.416+01:002011-06-04T09:53:50.416+01:00Thanks for the comment, Alan - and for the recomme...Thanks for the comment, Alan - and for the recommendation of more books. Amazon here I come...Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00281118161548464012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055499922775600843.post-5018955521282638712011-06-04T07:58:13.960+01:002011-06-04T07:58:13.960+01:00Thanks for the write up. I benefited from reading ...Thanks for the write up. I benefited from reading Mr Freeman's book. It, along with Kent Beck's "Implementation Patterns" and Bloch's "Effective Java", influenced my Java programming most recently. All books on my re-read list.Alan Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13219045966645947747noreply@blogger.com