Re: [Asunit-users] Mock-objects

[Marcelo de M. S. <cel...@gm...>]

Ah, that's much more clear now, thanks a lot for helping Luke!

On 12/19/06, Luke Bayes <lb...@gm...> wrote:
>
>
> Hmmm, I thought this would be the greatest benefit as it would allow me to
> > really focus on one thing at a time and then adjust the little
> > inconsistencies later - isn't that what test-driven all about? (Design
> > first, implement later, in this case implement the server-side later)
> >
> > Marcelo.
>
>
> Actually - TDD is about combining the design and implementation process
> into a series of small steps. It helps us avoid making big design decisions
> about how we think an application will work and instead lets us focus in on
> implementing the "next most important thing".
>
> With all that said, of course TDD does help you more cleanly separate the
> different layers of an application, and writing tests around a service stub
> (or mock) is highly recommended. The only issue I was trying to caution
> against is if there were some other developers building the server
> concurrently, make sure you're integrating early and often - as these two
> layers often get implemented much differently than they're initially
> designed. If you're building the sever *after* the client, this would be
> much less of a problem.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Luke
>
>
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