Author Archives: Liz

Agile Mumbai slides are up

Posted on April 21, 2008 by Liz

Naresh Jain has very kindly put up the slides from my BDD presentation at Agile Mumbai. I deviated quite heavily from previous presentations I’ve done and talked about the history of BDD, how it evolved and the people and events … Continue reading →

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BDD for TDDers

Posted on April 21, 2008 by Liz

Anthony Bailey and I had a conversation over email about what good, experienced TDDers might get out of BDD. If you’ve been wondering what all the fuss is about, maybe this will help! Thanks, Anthony, for tidying the conversation up … Continue reading →

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JBehave 2, naming tests and developing libraries with BDD

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Liz

Peter Bell and I had a great conversation over Skype yesterday, which he’s kindly blogged. We covered test names, and also talked about how to develop libraries using BDD. Again, this is how I do things; it’s not necessarily the … Continue reading →

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Your horoscope for April

Posted on April 1, 2008 by Liz

How people You’ve spent years making yourself invaluable to your friends, family and colleagues. Your confidence is at an all-time high – how many people in the world can do what you do? Watch out, though; pride cometh before a … Continue reading →

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Perverse Incentives

Posted on March 31, 2008 by Liz

I proposed an Open Space session at Agile Mumbai to discuss Perverse Incentives and gaming the system in Agile projects. A perverse incentive is one which produces an effect that works against the interests of the people who proposed the … Continue reading →

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Ignorance is bliss

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Liz

I used to get angry with ignorant people, until I realised that it only made them hide their ignorance. Then I realised that I was ignorant too. Now I love ignorant people best of all. I deliberately seek them out; … Continue reading →

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Do I always write a test?

Posted on March 5, 2008 by Liz

I’ve just been reading the debate between Bob Martin and Jim Coplien on InfoQ, centred around Bob’s assertion that “nowadays it is irresponsible for a developer to ship a line of code he has not executed in a unit test.” … Continue reading →

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Four mocks? One test? No problem!

Posted on March 5, 2008 by Liz

Last year, my colleague Ben introduced us to the joys of hand-rolling mocks. This allowed us to ignore interactions we weren’t worried about, leading to cleaner tests. This year, I’m mocking again. I’ve mentioned it briefly before, but now that … Continue reading →

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Your horoscope for March

Posted on March 3, 2008 by Liz

How people God grant you the serenity to accept the things you cannot change, the courage to change the things you can and the fortune to have little need for either. Some things exist just to make your life easier. … Continue reading →

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BDD on Wikipedia

Posted on February 18, 2008 by Liz

I finally got around to updating / rewriting the BDD page on Wikipedia. This is either based on things Dan’s said or written, or things others (including me) have said or written and which he’s approved in my hearing as … Continue reading →

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