From: Michael Gorsuch <michael.gorsuch@...>
Date: 2006-03-25T23:11:37+09:00
Subject: Re: Newby Maze solution

Not to hijack this thread, but can any of you recommend a specific
resource to learn more about TDD?  I'm using by own breed, but I KNOW
that there are better ways to approach it.

Thanks,

Michael

On 3/25/06, Robert Dober <robert.dober@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/25/06, Benjohn Barnes <benjohn@fysh.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 25 Mar 2006, at 10:57, Alex Combas wrote:
> > >   def test_tracker
> > >     assert_equal @t.track(@maze,27),28,"doesnt track"
> > >     assert_equal @t.track(@maze,28),29,"doesnt track"
> > >   end
> >
> >
> >
> > * Showing me that 'assert_equal' (and the others, I'm sure) will
> > accept a third descriptive argument - I didn't know that, and I can
> > see it's useful!
>
>
> It seems worth to notice that assert_equal will expect the test value to go
> *after* the expected value.
> It seemed counter intuitive to me too at first, so be warned.
>
> assert_equal 1+1, 3, "arithmethic polarity"
> will tell
> <2> expected but was
> <3>
> obviously the contrary of what you want.
>
> Cheers
> Robert
>
>
>
>
> --
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> concerne l'univers, je n'en ai pas acquis la certitude absolue.
>
> - Albert Einstein
>
>