From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2005-09-22T07:35:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Large Ruby Apps ?

On Sep 21, 2005, at 5:23 PM, Warren Seltzer wrote:

> Oh, yes, the Unit Tests, they're right, um, well, over here, um,  
> lemme look ... Uh, I'll
> get back to you on that...

We make jokes, but Unit Tests are a very real option.  The myth is  
that they slow you down, but it's simply not true.  I code at almost  
the exact same speed when doing Test Driven Development, because it  
shaves off so much debugging time.  On top of that, I end up trusting  
the code so much more.  Finally, it forces me to get the interface  
right, since I'm always using it to write the tests.  That's a LOT of  
gain for something that's very easy to do.

James Edward Gray II