Quote for the day: on capability, by Tony Robbins

April 10, 2011

“What we can or cannot do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.” Tony Robbins

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Test driven development: is it as fulfilling as non-TDD?

March 28, 2011

A few years back I was telling one of my former colleagues about a new technique I’d discovered and had been using for a little while: test driven development (TDD). I was full of enthusiasm for this, at the time to me, new technique. His first question to me surprised me a little: “yes, but [...]

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Which convention should we use for naming unit tests?

March 28, 2011

I am currently reading The Art of Unit Testing by Roy Osherove. He recommends the following naming convention for tests: [MethodUnderTest]_[Scenario]_[ExpectedBehaviour] Which I am glad is similar to that which I’ve adopted in the past: [MethodUnderTest]_Should[ExpectedBehaviour]_When[Scenario] I think the latter makes for easier reading. Though I admit that the convention recommended by Roy makes for [...]

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What I’ve been reading while travelling through South America

February 25, 2011

I’ve been on the road in South America for nearly 2 months now. Actually, I’ve found it surprisingly difficult to find time to read whilst travelling (excluding travel guides!). Most of my time has been taken up by travel experiences, organising, and the inevitable socialising. But for better or for worse, the long bus journeys [...]

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Fix for italics and lists in WordPress HoPE theme

January 19, 2011

HoPE is a very nice WordPress theme by Patrick that I’m currently using for a travel blog. I’ve found two minor niggles with Version 2.5.8 so far: the theme doesn’t display italics, bullet points for unordered lists or numbers for ordered lists. The fix is quite simple (just to return the styles to their defaults) [...]

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