Invert logical statements to reduce nesting
As a test engineer, I spend a lot of my time reading -and making sense of- other people’s code. I find it interesting that logically equivalent, re-arranged ...
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Visual Studio 2008 ordering fail
Something I’ve just noticed is that Visual Studio falls far, far short when it comes to solution ordering.
What’s in a name?
One of the things I try to encourage is the careful selection of names. Just as self-documenting code is easier to read, so is a self-documenting test. As I ...
Benefits of designing for testability
When I started my job as a Software Test Engineer, I had very little knowledge about unit testing. I had a good degree award and a load of acronyms to put on...
L4D - Pleasure and Pain
Left4Dead is ridiculously good. I can’t quite get over how tremendously visceral, tense, hilarious and fun it is. I’m one of those people who tries games, bu...