In the last two posts in this series, I talked about how to test new code in your code base and then how to bring your legacy code under test. Toward the end of the last chapter in this series, I talked a bit about the concept of test doubles. The example I showed was…
The other day, I told a developer on my team that I wouldn’t write methods with more than three parameters. I said this in a context where many people would say, “don’t write code with more than three parameters in a method,” in that I am the project architect and coding decisions are mine to…
I read a blog post recently from Gene Hughson that made me feel a little like ranting. It wasn’t anything he said — I really like his post. It reminded me of some discussion that had followed in my post about trying too hard to please with your code. Gene had taken a nuanced stand…
In some projects I’ve been managing of late, I’ve noticed a continuous question cropping up: How flexible should we make the different parts of the system? I’m currently working with a bright crew of people, so they’re picking up on this quickly, but I thought I’d do a bit of a write-up to help the…
Weird as it is, here’s human nature at work. Let’s say that I have a cheeseburger and you’re hungry. I tell you that I’ll sell you the cheeseburger for $10. You say, “pff, no way — too expensive.” Oh well, I eat the cheeseburger and call it a day. But I’ve learned my lesson. The…
