The term "leaky abstractions" has been around for a while. Coining it is most often attributed to Joel Spolsky, who wrote this often-cited article about it. I've now stumbled upon another interpretation of a leaky abstraction, measured by the depth of a stack trace: So, long stack traces are bad according to Geek & Poke. … Continue reading Deep Stack Traces Can be a Sign for Good Code Quality
Tag: test driven development
Easy Mocking of Your Database
Test-driven development is something wonderful! Once you've established it in your organisation, you will start to: Greatly improve your quality (things break less often) Greatly improve your processes (things can be changed more easily) Greatly improve your developer atmosphere (things are more fun to do) The importance of doing the right test-driven development is to … Continue reading Easy Mocking of Your Database