Comments for My Not So Private Tech Life http://blog.johanneslink.net Johannes Link's Travels through Software Devlopment Space Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:23:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 Comment on AJAX Travelogue (Part 6): Mocking in JavaScript by johanneslink http://blog.johanneslink.net/2008/08/08/ajax-travelogue-part-6-mocking-in-javascript/#comment-75 johanneslink Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:48:06 +0000 http://johanneslink.wordpress.com/?p=109#comment-75 Stefan, you're perfectly right in that I'd do the similar thing differently in Java. IMO the class-based and statically typed nature of Java requires that to have good decoupled code. In JavaScript, however, you don't have to do as much <strong>explicit decoupling</strong> to arrive at a flexible design. Consider the global property 'Speaker' to be the hook for plugging in your actual speaker implementation; I think of this as <strong>implicit decoupling</strong>. That said, I do think that most JavaScript code out there could arguably need more explicit decoupling and explicit dependencies. My example tried to mimic the way in which many of the existing libraries are coded. So, maybe you are right and I shouldn't fall into JavaScript's everything-is-public-trap. Stefan, you’re perfectly right in that I’d do the similar thing differently in Java. IMO the class-based and statically typed nature of Java requires that to have good decoupled code.

In JavaScript, however, you don’t have to do as much explicit decoupling to arrive at a flexible design. Consider the global property ‘Speaker’ to be the hook for plugging in your actual speaker implementation; I think of this as implicit decoupling.

That said, I do think that most JavaScript code out there could arguably need more explicit decoupling and explicit dependencies. My example tried to mimic the way in which many of the existing libraries are coded. So, maybe you are right and I shouldn’t fall into JavaScript’s everything-is-public-trap.

]]> Comment on AJAX Travelogue (Part 6): Mocking in JavaScript by Stefan Roock http://blog.johanneslink.net/2008/08/08/ajax-travelogue-part-6-mocking-in-javascript/#comment-74 Stefan Roock Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:22:12 +0000 http://johanneslink.wordpress.com/?p=109#comment-74 Hi, in my opinion your approach is a bit odd. You try to avoid modifications to the existing code. TDD in Java leads to interfaces you need for the test. The introduction of these interfaces is seen as design enhancement. Therefore I would modify the Java-Script-Code to make it mockable more easily. And that would mean to inject a Speaker object to the DoubleSpeaker object. Then you don't have to clean up the mess at the end of your test. Having said that: A mock framework may be useful although. You may have to write too much test code even when you modify the testet code. But I haven't an example at hand. Hi,
in my opinion your approach is a bit odd. You try to avoid modifications to the existing code. TDD in Java leads to interfaces you need for the test. The introduction of these interfaces is seen as design enhancement.

Therefore I would modify the Java-Script-Code to make it mockable more easily. And that would mean to inject a Speaker object to the DoubleSpeaker object. Then you don’t have to clean up the mess at the end of your test.

Having said that: A mock framework may be useful although. You may have to write too much test code even when you modify the testet code. But I haven’t an example at hand.

]]> Comment on Refactoring FitNesse Tests by strug http://blog.johanneslink.net/2008/03/05/refactoring-fitnesse-tests/#comment-73 strug Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:31:27 +0000 http://johanneslink.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/refactoring-fitnesse-tests/#comment-73 cool stuff. looks promising. did you contract the fitnesse guys? maybe they find it interesting too and it could be bundled/integrated with fitnesse or slim. cool stuff. looks promising. did you contract the fitnesse guys? maybe they find it interesting too and it could be bundled/integrated with fitnesse or slim.

]]> Comment on Can You Touch Type? by rudi wals http://blog.johanneslink.net/2008/09/15/can-you-touch-type/#comment-67 rudi wals Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:18:44 +0000 http://johanneslink.wordpress.com/?p=144#comment-67 I prefer Tipp10, too. It has a nice user interface und is easy to use. Characters offen misspelled will be dictated more often immediately! It's great, every lesson will be created different. It really makes fun. The german touch typing software version is available here: www.tipp10.de I prefer Tipp10, too. It has a nice user interface und is easy to use. Characters offen misspelled will be dictated more often immediately! It’s great, every lesson will be created different. It really makes fun.
The german touch typing software version is available here: http://www.tipp10.de

]]> Comment on Can You Touch Type? by Jens Coldewey http://blog.johanneslink.net/2008/09/15/can-you-touch-type/#comment-63 Jens Coldewey Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:26:49 +0000 http://johanneslink.wordpress.com/?p=144#comment-63 Hi Johannes, ich hab's mit <a href="http://www.alphatast.de/" rel="nofollow">AlphaTast</a> so lange geübt, bis ich's so halb konnte. Dann hat mich die Lust verlassen... ;-) Jens Hi Johannes,
ich hab’s mit AlphaTast so lange geübt, bis ich’s so halb konnte. Dann hat mich die Lust verlassen… ;-)
Jens

]]> Comment on Can You Touch Type? by Eugene http://blog.johanneslink.net/2008/09/15/can-you-touch-type/#comment-62 Eugene Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:51:04 +0000 http://johanneslink.wordpress.com/?p=144#comment-62 I am seaching for some idea to write in my blog... somehow come to your blog. best of luck. Eugene I am seaching for some idea to write in my blog… somehow come to your blog. best of luck. Eugene

]]> Comment on Can You Touch Type? by Ashley Moran http://blog.johanneslink.net/2008/09/15/can-you-touch-type/#comment-61 Ashley Moran Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:52:50 +0000 http://johanneslink.wordpress.com/?p=144#comment-61 I use http://www.keybr.com/ , however it has no German language Dvorak. And if you're going to learn to touch type, you might as well do so on a layout that isn't going to cripple your hands a few years down the line... I use http://www.keybr.com/ , however it has no German language Dvorak. And if you’re going to learn to touch type, you might as well do so on a layout that isn’t going to cripple your hands a few years down the line…

]]> Comment on Can You Touch Type? by Alain http://blog.johanneslink.net/2008/09/15/can-you-touch-type/#comment-58 Alain Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:14:02 +0000 http://johanneslink.wordpress.com/?p=144#comment-58 i like this one ... http://www.tipp10.de/ i like this one … http://www.tipp10.de/

]]> Comment on Can You Touch Type? by Carsten http://blog.johanneslink.net/2008/09/15/can-you-touch-type/#comment-57 Carsten Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:43:33 +0000 http://johanneslink.wordpress.com/?p=144#comment-57 Johannes, you could try using this keyboard: http://www.getdigital.de/products/Das_Keyboard_III/more/pic :-) Johannes, you could try using this keyboard: http://www.getdigital.de/products/Das_Keyboard_III/more/pic :-)

]]> Comment on AJAX Travelogue (Part 6): Mocking in JavaScript by Javascript News » Blog Archive » MockMe: A new JavaScript mocking framework http://blog.johanneslink.net/2008/08/08/ajax-travelogue-part-6-mocking-in-javascript/#comment-38 Javascript News » Blog Archive » MockMe: A new JavaScript mocking framework Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:06:57 +0000 http://johanneslink.wordpress.com/?p=109#comment-38 [...] Agile fellow who wasn’t 100% happy with the existing JavaScript unit test frameworks, and he explained why. He gives an example: PLAIN TEXT [...] [...] Agile fellow who wasn’t 100% happy with the existing JavaScript unit test frameworks, and he explained why. He gives an example: PLAIN TEXT [...]

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