Author Archives: Liz

If I want to make a fire, I need a little more than just a spark. Something combustible is usually important, otherwise, when that spark happens, I won’t be in a position to build it into a fire. Opportunity’s the … Continue reading →

This weekend, I have been mostly trying to make Debian work on my PC. I should have realised that something was wrong when my boot sector virus scanner picked up LILO as an enemy (it seemed fine with GRUB before). … Continue reading →

My experiments with running Ubuntu Linux have mostly been successful. I’ve certainly learnt a lot about Linux. I love the Debian package management system, and both the Gnome and KDE desktops are great (though anyone thinking of installing KDE be … Continue reading →

So far I have successfully implemented the Zeroth Rule of Agile: If you’re not sitting comfortably, rearrange the furniture. There have been no squeals of dismay from the client. In fact, I don’t think anyone really looked up from their … Continue reading →

According to some religions, or denominations of them anyway, there’s a big fiery pit called Hell into which all the damned souls go. According to some religions, or denominations, damned souls include everyone who’s not part of that religion or … Continue reading →

At GeekNight last night, I spent a lot of time discussing JBehave’s story runner, and how it affects checkins. When you parse a story and produce the template classes, they’re initially empty. Gradually they get filled in with mock objects. … Continue reading →

When I started contracting, it was by accident – the company at which I had applied for permanent employment after moving to London suffered a recruitment freeze. Two six-month contracts later I had had enough of a very long commute … Continue reading →

Yesterday I tacked a quick gui harness prototype onto my copy of JBehave (seemed like an appropriate place to put it). I used a thing called a QueuedMiniMap – a cut-down map which, when you get an item by key, … Continue reading →

For some reason, our functional tests fail because they time out. Screens which ought to be appearing in a timely manner aren’t visible. Buttons which are enabled when the screen is populated are still disabled when the test tries to … Continue reading →

I will be attending GeekNight London next week. I intend to bring my laptop, complete with some kind of working copy of JBehave and Hellbound. I think Ade wants to discuss all JUnit alternatives, including TestNG, and whether they’re ready … Continue reading →