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TDD and the Big Framework Part II
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Monthly Archives: September 2008
Coaching ramblings from China
I’m just completing my fourth trip to China to coach Chinese engineers in TDD. I’ve learned a few things, I hope, about coaching people who don’t speak my language as a first language. I also had occasion to use what little I know on the subject while at the Scrum gathering in Shanghai, the first in China. Before I get into that, let me tell you about my adventure getting the the Scrum gathering.
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Speak to me Vikki
My friend Bas introduced me to Vikki, the computerized text-to-speach voice on my Mac. I had met her once before but thought, what good is she? I don’t need text-to-speech.
Vikki is becoming a very valuable companion helping me to write my book on TDD for Embedded C. Like many writers I have heard from, I find it very difficult to find problems with what I have just written. Jeff Langr suggested reading out-loud as part of the proof reading process. That helped a lot. But I often still read what was in my head rather than what was on the page.
With Vikki by my side, I can select a paragraph and have her read to me. She sounds a little like a Scandinavian that has had a few, but she actually reads what is there on the page. I even have discovered
I can edit out the problems as she is reading.
Thanks Bas. Thanks Jeff. Thanks Vikki.
TDD next to the Big Framework
TDD next to the Big Framework
We’re trying to create a new executable process that plugs into a pretty big services framework for a telecom system. Our code and framework are in C++. We’re test driving our design. Within a few tests, we were confronted with having to inherit from a framework class. No big deal, or so we thought. Soon the dependency chains became evident. Kind of like this picture, but worse. Continue reading