From: Mark Woodward <markonlinux@...>
Date: 2006-10-17T23:15:22+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Quiz - Degree of Difficulty

Hi James,

On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 22:51:26 +0900, James Edward Gray II wrote:

> On Oct 17, 2006, at 8:35 AM, Mark Woodward wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 22:23:40 +0900, James Edward Gray II wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.rubyquiz.com/quiz84.html
>>>
>>> There's a movie of me solving the about, linked from the FAQ.  I look
>>> real dumb in it, so it's a confidence booster.  ;)
>>
>> I'm watching it as we speak ;-)(just paused it to write this).
>> I'll start with that I think as it's also in your book.
> 
> I didn't understand that last sentence 100%, but just to be clear pp  
> Pascal is not in the Ruby Quiz book.  :(  It came too late.

No it's not ;-) Sorry for the confusion.

> However, since we're talking about the book, I tried to rearrange the  
> quizzes in there from easiest to hardest.  Obviously that's pretty  
> subjective, but the quizzes at the front of the book shouldn't be too  
> tough.

Want a bet ;-)

Just as an aside I noticed you started with Unit Tests in the video. I
think I know the answer to this but I'll ask anyway. Should I do this for
*all* quizzes? ie is it a good habit to get into? Not unit testing per se
but building the test(s) *first*?



> 
> James Edward Gray II


thanks again,

-- 
Mark