Derik Whittaker

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• Testing your IoC Bindings

  One thing I like to do when I am using a IoC (Inversion of Control) container is to create simple test that ensure that my objects have been wired up correctly and can be created via the IoC container. I know this may seem like overkill, but I feel that... Posted Sep 10 2008, 06:53 AM by Derik Whittaker with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: Development, TDD, Best Practice

• Whitebox vs Blackbox testing (location of unit tests)

  Over on the Alt.Net mailing list ( here ) the topic of where to put your unit tests was the hot topic a few days ago. This is a topic that I have debated with various people over the past few years. With all the debates I have had, it is clear to me that... Posted Jan 28 2008, 05:38 AM by Derik Whittaker with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Agile, TDD, Opinion, Best Practice

• "Unit tests take too much time".... WTF

  I was chatting with a buddy of mine yesterday who recently has started a new job. His new company has built a new team to start a 'green field' project and they are currently in the 'debate' stage of planning. The team is currently trying... Posted Sep 27 2007, 07:38 AM by Derik Whittaker with | with 20 comment(s) Filed under: TDD, Opinion, Best Practice