From: Alex Young <alex@...>
Date: 2006-10-17T23:32:00+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Quiz - Degree of Difficulty

Mark Woodward wrote:
> 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*?
 From my perspective, there are very few better habits to get into *at 
all*...

-- 
Alex