James Newkirk's Blog

Lessons Learned in Programmer Testing

jamesnewkirk — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:36:34 GMT

I just posted a the presentation and sample code from the Lessons Learned in Programmer Testing sessions that I did at a few conferences this summer. Click here for the details.

ExpectedException considered harmful!

jamesnewkirk — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:10:00 GMT

I have written a blog post detailing the issues that I have with ExpectedException. Also, I am not just complaining, I have ported in a sense the Assert.Throws method that Brad and I wrote for xUnit.net to make it work in NUnit and the testing tool in Visual Studio Team System. You can read about it here.

xUnit.net v1.0 Released

jamesnewkirk — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:14:00 GMT

We released xUnit.net 1.0 today! Download, blog post.

xUnit.net v1.0(RC2) Released

jamesnewkirk — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:27:00 GMT

Brad Wilson and I released xUnit.net v1.0(RC2) today. Brad has the details on his blog.

You can download the release on CodePlex here.

The CodePlex Team and the patterns & practices Summit

jamesnewkirk — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 02:56:00 GMT

The CodePlex team will be well represented again at the patterns & practices Summit in Redmond, WA - November 5-9, 2007 . We will be presenting or co-presenting the following sessions:

"Yet Another Talk on Agility" - Brad Wilson and Peter Provost
Dependency Injection Frameworks - Brad Wilson and Scott Densmore
EntLib Devolved - Scott Densmore
Make It Your Own - Scott Densmore
Lessons Learned in Programmer Testing - Jim Newkirk
CodePlex is sponsoring an evening event on Tuesday titled "Open Source in the Enterprise".

Peter's not on the CodePlex team but we like him just the same. For additonal information on the summit and all of the sessions please click here.

Announcing xUnit.net

jamesnewkirk — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 01:10:00 GMT

I have just blogged about a new testing framework that Brad Wilson and I have developed. Click here for details.

Why you should not use Setup and Teardown in NUnit

jamesnewkirk — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 01:48:00 GMT

I just posted my thoughts about Setup and Teardown at my new blog home. Click here.

NUnit Converter V1.1 - Moved from GotDotNet

jamesnewkirk — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 03:30:00 GMT

Due to the shutdown of GotDotNet I have moved the NUnit Converter V1.1 to here. Note: This is not a new version. If you have comments or questions please let me know.

xUnit Test Patterns and Better Software Development for Agile Teams

jamesnewkirk — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 02:30:00 GMT

These two books were recently published by Addison-Wesley. For a blog post on each book see the following on my new blog:

xUnit Test Patterns by Gerard Meszaros
Better Software Development for Agile Teams by Will Stott and James Newkirk

If you have any questions please let me know. Will and I look forward to your feedback on our book.

Test-Driven Development in Microsoft .NET Supplemental Material

jamesnewkirk — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:47:00 GMT

Due to the closing of GotDotNet I have moved the supplemental material (sample chapter and source code) to here. If you have any questions please let me know.