Using tests to help you create your code

This post is going to look at the concept of using test driven development to drive out the code for a project.
The idea of TDD has been around for quite some time now, but it seems to be gathering favour with more and more developers now.

Controlling your dependencies

Dependencies take many forms. You’re dependent on your car (shame on you!) to get to work. Your pet depends on you to feed it. You depend on your employer paying you for your work, and your employer depends on you to actually produce the work.

Maintainable Code

Let’s face it, we all know that when we sit down and start coding anything, the requirements are going to change and once we have released the code into the wild our clients are going to want updates.

Business

Windows 8 – Metro vs Desktop

by simonhudson

Recently I was sent this YouTube video about an old bloke thrown in to using the new Windows 8. My reaction to this type of ‘journalism’ is fairly scathing. My measured response is that the example in the video is neither a fair test since the unsuspecting suspect was given no guidance at all on [...]

There has never been a better time to start a digital business

by pdyson

Ask pretty much any politician what the key to getting ourselves out of the current economic mess is and they’ll say “business growth”. Ask them where that growth is going to come from and they’ll say “Small- and Medium-sized businesses”. If I’m feeling generous I’d say that the credit crunch and the global recession have [...]

Hull & The Knowledge Economy

by John Connolly

I’m passionate about Hull and its future. I was born here, educated here, returned after University, and have been running businesses in the city for the last eleven years or so. Hull’s been in a tough economic situation for many years now. The reasons behind this and the associated social impact are complex. What’s clear [...]

Hull Digital

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