When unit testing in C++ I tend to use Google Test/Mock, it’s simple to use, multi-platform solution. In the last few days I have been having second thoughts about it due to a new framework called Catch.What is (the) Catch?“Catch” stand for C++ Automated Test Cases in Headers. It’s an open source project (GitHubbed). What … Continue reading Catch – multi-paradigm automated test framework for C++
I was thinking about Reactive extensions (and using it) and then it hit me – why not try and use Reactive Extensions (Rx) in order to perform the FizzBuzz kata – it seems like a perfect fit.And so I set myself to try and use only Rx when performing this TDD kata.What is this FizzBuzz … Continue reading FizzBuzz TDD kata– using Reactive Extensions
A friend had a weird bug while working in C++ last week. As sometimes it’s required he had to convert a string to an integer and instead of writing: auto result = (SomeEnum) (stoi(s, nullptr, 10));He wrote this:auto result = (SomeEnum) (stoi(s, nullptr), 10);Such a simple case of misplaced parenthesis caused the result to equal … Continue reading Take care when using comma in C++
Today I had a need to test an action that runs inside a Task: When faced with similar a code a developer has a “tiny” problem – how to force the code inside Task.Run to execute before the end of the test is reached. And so we can write the following test that would fail … Continue reading Unit testing concurrent code using custom TaskScheduler
Software development books don’t come cheap and it’s fine. The author has spent countless hours and sleepless nights transferring his/her knowledge and should be compensated for it.But some authors have decided to provide an online version of their book and in some cases even a free e-book you can download.I found the book in the … Continue reading 4 programming books available online – for free
Back in the old days when the need for localized string arose, I would add a new string and use AppResources to access the correct string in code.In Windows Phone application (known today as Windows Phone Silverlight 8.0/8.1) I would do something like this:public void SomeMethod(){ var localizedString1 = AppResources.MyFirstSring; var localizedString2 = AppResources.AnotherString;}In the … Continue reading Strongly typed localized strings in universal apps
Disclaimer: this is not a TDD vs. BDD post – now that we’ve got that out of the way let’s discuss the thing I hate most about BDD…I’ve recently started using BDD (again). My tests are still “unit tests” – they do not call a database nor any other external dependency, and since even when … Continue reading What I hate about BDD
I’ve installed the latest VS2014 CTP3 on my aging I3 home machine – because why use a VM when I can always re-install windows.And so far I’m impressed! this is a low end I3/4GB machine and it loaded fast and works without any noticeable performance issues – I might be mistaken but it seems the … Continue reading Visual Studio 2014 CTP – first impressions
A few days ago a colleague of mine asked me to help with strange errors his C++ project kept throwing at him.Since it was a C++ project we had more than 200 compilation errors but as the C++ veterans that we are we’ve ignored most of them and scrolled up until we’ve found the patient … Continue reading Syntax error when using explicitly defaulted/deleted functions in windows phone 8 project (C++11)
Those you know me (or read my blog) know that I’m passionate (with a capital P) about software development, clean code and of course unit testing. And I’m happy to be given the opportunity to talk about these topics as part of The DevGeekWeek 2014 conference. The DevGeekWeek is a week of all things software … Continue reading DevGeekWeek 2014
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