Tuesday, April 08, 2008 - Posts

Google App Engine

Introducing Google App Engine

Google is offering developers a tool that enables us to run our web applications on Google's infrastructure. The goal is to make it easy to get started with a new web app, and then make it easy to scale when that app reaches the point where it's receiving significant traffic with millions of users. mmmmmmillions of usersssssssss.

I signed-up for the preview, this is a great move by Google to win the hearts and minds of the developer community. SteveB used to cry - developers, developers, developers, but now he's giving most of his time learning how to yodel.

Behavior Driven Development: The Evolution of TDD

Tonights N3UG Meeting

Test Driven Development has been gaining prominence, and many developers recognize the value it provides. Still, TDD adoption can be a slow and painful process, and often results in early abandonment as challenges mount. Many believe the current body of TDD knowledge puts too much emphasis on testing implementation details, and not enough on testing behavior. Behavior Driven Development (BDD) takes a more focused approach to TDD that can help clarify the testing process, and create a meaningful, readable suite of tests that not only helps you and other developers understand your application, but can be used to show your client that the application is meeting their needs. When developers, customers, and managers can clearly see the value of writing tests, everyone wins.

Speaker - Brian Donahue a software developer with Vitreo Solutions building custom business software.