From: Phlip <phlip2005@...>
Date: 2009-03-09T02:38:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Unit tests and checking libraries

john maclean wrote:

> You've writen some code and it works. You now begin to think of the
> future and how it might scale/grow/bloat. You think that it's a good
> time to introduce Test::Unit into the mix.

Use Test Driven Development. Don't write any code - to begin with - until you 
write a failing test.

The test does not give two craps if you require this or that library. It only 
cares that the work got done. You can refactor - even replace the library - and 
the tests will still pass.

All the sing-song you hear on these forums about Cucumber, BDD, shoulda, Rails 
integration tests, etc. - all of that works downstream from the assumption that 
tests are leading your development.

-- 
   Phlip