Author Archives: Liz

After a long discussion with Dan and other JBehave dev list members, I am reconvinced of the merits of the word “should”. Dan’s argument went something like this: In an agile environment, everything is mutable. Nothing is certain. A test … Continue reading →

Last night the London office was transformed for the International Women’s Day celebrations. Candlelight, music, manicurists and masseurs. Very nice. We were also treated to a talk by Mary Beth, a life coach who teaches people how to use their … Continue reading →

The term bus factor (or truck number) is one which I’ve come across before joining the wonderful world of XP. The best definition I’ve found is here, but briefly it’s the smallest number of people whose demise at the wheels … Continue reading →

Imagine being jailed and tortured for exercising your freedom of speech. Imagine being jailed and tortured for criticising the torturers of those who exercise their freedom of speech. Imagine being jailed and tortured for criticising the torturers of the critical. … Continue reading →

I didn’t get any new mail last night. Lotus Notes obviously feels sorry for me; it’s helpfully marked sixty-five random messages as “unread” so that I have something to look at this morning. The newly unread mails are scattered throughout … Continue reading →

I’ve heard a lot of things said about Linux. One of the things which I’ve heard a few times, and treated with some scepticism, is that most Linux releases are “less buggy than Windows” and crash less often too. I’ve … Continue reading →

There aren’t many occasions where arrogance is justified. If you’ve never made a mistake in your life, never taken the long way round to do something and never stepped on anyone’s toes doing it then congratulations: you are Jesus Christ, … Continue reading →

Lots of discussion about Design by Contract has been floating around, most of which I agree with. Using “asserts”, etc., in code is defensive programming. Anything which checks that your classes are polite to one another is defensive; tests should … Continue reading →

apostrophe’s are rarely loved they grow on tree’s when their not shoved out of the word’s wots their’s by right its not a very pretty sight it isnt all they’re fault, you know, they aint got nowhere else to go. … Continue reading →

apostrophe’s are rarely loved they grow on tree’s when their not shoved out of the word’s wots their’s by right its not a very pretty sight it isnt all they’re fault, you know, they aint got nowhere else to go. … Continue reading →