Re: [NUnitAsp-devl] Re: [Nunitasp-users] "The parameter is incorrect" during form submission

[Cory F. <Cor...@mo...>]

Jim Shore wrote:
> Cory Foy wrote:
> That's my point of view.  I'd like to hear yours.  Do you agree with 
> this line of reasoning?

Well, yes and no. I understand exactly where you are coming from, and 
agree that tools should be used to help with confidence of code.

But, on the other hand, something like this could turn people away from 
it. For example, the first thing I did after getting the error was to 
try the page in my browser. And it worked in my browser. So I tried it 
in another, and it worked there. And the page worked in all three of my 
mobile simulators. Just not in NUnitASP. And if the darn thing didn't 
help me keep my code well tested, I might have given up.

The other thing is that, while I agree it is a TDD tool, lots and lots 
of people are going to use this tool to make the first bridge to 
Test-driving UI, or for getting their current code under test. And while 
I hope that this would affect very few people, it certainly seems 
strange (to some people) to have to rewrite your code just to do testing 
on it (HTTP spec notwithstanding). I've been a part of teams that having 
something as trivial as that would be enough to throw it out.

I sent a query over to the TDD list just for some feedback. I think I 
would prefer to have it in there, even as a configurable option, but 
either way there should probably be something in the FAQ about it just 
so people know (at least, the people who read FAQs anyway).

The beauty is, I can always write it in if need be. If I find it bugs me 
enough, I probably will, and will post up exactly what I did to get 
around it. :)

Thanks for the email!

Cory