How do you get your production code to use real objects and your test code to use mock objects? Read the rest of this entry »

Ideally, human efforts in testing should focus on building tests — figuring out the strategies, test cases, and test data. From there, we’d rather let the computer run the tests and verify the results. If you had to test everything manually every day, you would either not do it, or really start to hate your job. Read the rest of this entry »

I’m occasionally surprised that some programmers prefer an error handling system of returned error codes over exceptions. After spending several years with both approaches, I’ve become convinced that exceptions are a superior model. If you agree, great! If not, read on and let me try to persuade you. I’m always up for a discussion on the subject, too. Read the rest of this entry »