alkampfer on September 30th, 2008

Tests and Databases are two words that does not fit well together. Usually tests involving database interaction suffers by these smells

Interacting Test: since each test can modify data in database it is highly possible that data written by a test can make another test fail. Moreover if more than one developer use the same database [...]



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alkampfer on September 26th, 2008

Sometimes you write pieces of code like this.

catch
{
LogException(….



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alkampfer on September 25th, 2008

Actually I’m working on a project that have a windows service that does a lot of calculation, invokes external servers, and stuff like these. Since we have no user interface, how can you know when error occurred and how can you be informed on the detail of the error? The solution is to create a [...]



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alkampfer on September 25th, 2008

One of my italian Friend once asked me “what is the percentage of code coverage that you consider enough for your tests?”. The answer is that probably there is not one.
If you write a project on your own you can set some limit (Es. 80% code coverage) but in my experience, in the real world, [...]



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alkampfer on September 12th, 2008

This post is a simple test for a couple of plugins that Guardian signaled me. The first one is to insert a DotNetKick tag, I already used one, but this is automatic and does not require me to insert in each post. The second one is a plugin for dzone. Both of them are targeted [...]



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