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About two months ago we caught a nasty issue with getting some 1ClassCastExceptions when comparing two 1Dates . The code that failed the unit tests looked something like: if (startDate.compareTo(endDate) < 0) { The strange part was the developers running IBM’s RAD 6.0 never had failing tests and 1ClassCastExceptions . The tests failed on the [...] Learned a new term today going through 19 Deadly Sins of Software Security. They give an example of a URL containing a strange looking id parameter: 1www.xyzzy.com?id=TXkkZWNyZStwQSQkdzByRA== Turns out a simple run through a base64 decoder for gives you: 1My$ecre+pA$$w0rD The authors then refer to this as an “encrapted” password. James Carr has come up with a basic list of TDD anti-patterns and while I’ve seen many of them, one currently still plagues many of our tests: Excessive Setup A test that requires a lot of work setting up in order to even begin testing. Sometimes several hundred lines of code is used to [...] We just wrapped up our organizations first Scrum project using 2 week iterations. Of course it was a proof of concept project and only had 3 sprints, but it gave us some idea of the possibilities. At the final retrospective feelings were mixed on the team: Pros Kept everyone focused. We got a lot done [...] |
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