Dave Astels' Weblog

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Encapsulation Violation - (Found July 8, 2008 )

One of the core tenets of object-oriented programming is encapsulation. It's one of OO's most powerful ideas. More powerful than inheritance. Unfortunately it's also one of the most ignored.
http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=132358

Why Your Code Sucks - (Found July 8, 2008 )

If you are like most, and possibly even all, programmers (this author humblely included) then your code sucks. Maybe not all of it, and maybe not all the time, but certainly some of it, some of the time.
http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=71730

TDD Jolted the Industry! - (Found July 8, 2008 )

"Test Driven Development: A Practical Guide" just won the Jolt award inthe Technical Book category. I want to make my appreciation known for those that helped out.
http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=39822

One Assertion Per Test - (Found July 8, 2008 )

For some time I've been thinking about how TDD tests can be as simple, as expressive, and as elegant as possible. This article explores a bit about what it's like to make tests as simple and decomposed as possible: aiming for a single assertion in each test.
http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=35578

JAOO 2003 Trip Report - (Found July 8, 2008 )

I spent the last week of September in lovely Aarhus, Denmark at the 2003 JAOO conference. I've written up my experiences and thrown in a few photos. If you have the chance next year.. go there for yourself, you won't regret it!
http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=18682

Agile at SD Best Practices - (Found July 8, 2008 )

Some highlights from the Agile Keynote at SD Best Practices
http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=13274

Update - (Found July 8, 2008 )

News on Dave's book & tutorials.
http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=7045

Introducing Dave Astels' Weblog - (Found July 8, 2008 )

Where we find out what Dave will be talking about, and maybe get enough information to form an opinion as to whether it might be worth paying attention to or if it's just a bunch of mindless blathering.
http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=4554