March 2007 - Posts
Summary Motley: Unit testing is the test team's job! I am not paid to write tests. Maven: White box (unit) tests help with code quality and give you confidence to change your code. ______________________________ [Context: During a previous conversation
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Summary Motley: I rely on the debugger when I am writing code. Without it, I'd have a really hard time tracking down all the bugs in my code. Maven: Write code as if the debugger does not even exist. Include unit tests, assertions, tracing, logging, static
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Summary Motley: Money is the thing I value most! Is there anything else? Maven: Determine what your values are that guide your life both at work and outside work, and use that to derive a guiding personal vision statement. ______________________________
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Summary Motley: Forget a vision - it will just cloud your judgment! Maven: A vision statements guides your decision making. Ensure every project has a vision and create your own personal vision statement. ______________________________ [Context: The story
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Welcome to the adventures of two software developers named Maven and Motley! This blog discusses best and worst practices of software engineering with an entertaining twist. Motley is a programmer who has been in the industry for a while who has good
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