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hjwp3

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    Comment #17423178

    Maybe in context it's not so bad? > On the Merits of Trivial Tests for Trivial Functions > In the short term it may feel a bit silly to write tests for simple functions and constan…

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    Comment #17416574

    there's an appendix with a v brief discussion: http://www.obeythetestinggoat.com/book/appendix_bdd.html

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    Comment #17416562

    there's some quite in-depth discussion of this in chapters 23 and 25. http://www.obeythetestinggoat.com/book/chapter_purist_unit_t... http://www.obeythetestinggoat.com/book/chapter…

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    Comment #9497766

    http://www.obeythetestinggoat.com/ for the curious...

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    Comment #8688627

    I recently went through a bit of a comparison exercise myself, after my Sony Vaio Z series packed in. I had a slightly higher budget than OP because I wanted something reasonably h…

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    Comment #6820508

    awesome!

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    Comment #5645906

    sure enough -- might have taken me 5 goes (computer isn't that stupid, it knows rock is the best too)... but eventually it cracked. one-nil!

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    Comment #5645893

    awesome. Rock, every time.

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    Comment #5645858

    it's fun watching curious people snooping around! !cat /etc/passwd would you eh?

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    Comment #5645714

    Thanks! We were thinking it would be useful for people posting solutions to stackoverflow questions, and also maybe people doing remote-pair-programming, as a way of sharing code w…

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    Comment #5424939

    love it!

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    Comment #4674400

    In fact, non-Python developers are welcome too. You can just use the site for hosting your repos, be they full of ruby, node.js, haskell, or whichever Lovecraftian horror of a lang…

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    Comment #4063794

    not sure I can bear to watch myself! But you can also see my full tutorial at http://www.tdd-django-tutorial.com

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    Comment #4042513

    I don't think I accept your critique then - I make a clear distinction between "functional" tests (ie, the selenium ones), and "unit" tests, and I write both types Although you may…

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    Comment #4037224

    I can totally see your objection re the tests not being "unit-ey" enough... But why would you say it's not TDD?

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    Comment #4036808

    Hi there, author here, and thanks - that's all very valid feedback. I totally accept the point on the first few "unit" tests being reliant on the database. I took the decision that…

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    Comment #4036785

    thanks for pointing that out, and for the suggestion re `max-width`, Will get on it...

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    Comment #4002699

    Also, I'd tend to agree that testing model attributes is a bit OTT - it's very close to testing a constant... but, it really doesn't take that long, and if it provides a scaffold t…

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    Comment #4002685

    thanks! re: the first unit test, and the saving & retrieving of records -- i know this feels a bit like "testing django", but the real intention is to test that we've set up our mo…

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    Comment #4002669

    have started by fixing a windows fallback font for the text so that it's not Times!

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    Comment #4002416

    thanks for the feedback - am not mad good at the old graphic design, but it's all too easy to just say "I can't be bothered with that stuff"... I'll try and make some improvements.…