These are instructions for Ubuntu. It’s going to be pretty much the same for other operating systems, just need to get the phantomjs executable, instructions will be on their website. We use quinit for this, here is a handy guide: http://qunitjs.com/intro/ Install phantomjs NOTE: you may have to fix an issue with the environment variables, where… Read More Using PhantomJS to TDD QUnit
It’s that time again… new job! I’ve just completed my first few weeks at Allegro Networks Ltd. I absolutely love it. We’re a network carrier with big ideas. They’ve taken on myself and two other amazing developers (I can’t actually think of anyone better to work with) @bdwflowers (Young Ben – enthusiastic and raring to… Read More Pastures new
When trying to test code that uses the MVC framework and it’s libraries that do not have interfaces, the best way I’ve come across is something I was show during my time at Esendex by @aplea. Put a wrapper round it! If you create a new object, which has an interface, and passes in your… Read More Testing the Untestable in .NET without a mocking framework
The morning session I chose was run by the event sponsor 7Digital and of special interest to me a it’s something we practise at LateRooms and have recently been evolving. Resources from the session: interview guide: http://bit.ly/interview-guide katas: http://bit.ly/even-fib http://bit.ly/checkout-kata Firstly we were gathered into groups of 3 and asked to each take the role… Read More Software Craftsmanship 2 – Pair Programming for Interviews
For the 7th Codejo I was my usual organised self and had @phpcodemonkey remind me about 5 days before the event to send out the invites and get something sorted. Whoops! I suggested we did a BDD session focussing on the Checkout Kata. Well this went down a storm. After a sleepless night (due to… Read More Preston #codejo 7
The first Codejo was a huge success! We had around 20 attendees, who all spent 5 minutes on the keyboard during the Randori. There was a big range of skills from people who were completely new to both TDD and Ruby, to those who apply TDD in Ruby for their day job. There was rigorous… Read More The first Preston Codejo
What is it? 3rd December is the Global Day of Coderetreat, with events happening all over the world in almost every timezone! The point of a coderetreat is to escape the confines of work and to hone the craft of software developers and engineers by trying to solve a problem together. Learning from each… Read More Global Code Retreat – Manchester Episode
On the 28th November we’ll be holding the very first Preston Codejo! We plan this to be a monthly meetup where the Magma Digital office on Winckley Square in Preston tranforms into a Coding Dojo. Developers will meet to hone their skills by performing coding katas. Katas are taken from the Japanese martial art practice… Read More Preston Codejo
On 15th October we held the third barcamp in Blackpool at the Pleasure Beach. It. Was. Epic!!!! I say we this year, as for the first time I had help! @biglesp was the man behind the scenes this year. He basically sorted the whole thing out. Sponsors, swag, equipment, promotion… Everything. This year I was… Read More Barcamp Blackpool
Background Tonight we had our first coding Dojo at GeekUp Nottingham. Last month we had Peter Cooper (author of Beginning Ruby) along to teach us some Ruby in preparation. The idea was that we would all be on an equal footing to perform dojos. The problem Brucie’s play your cards right! Poor Brucie is getting on… Read More GeekUp Nottingham
Gemma Cameron 