Archive for October, 2007

  • Every now and then some ingenious project manager thinks of a way to deliver faster by negotiating to skip testing. At first glance, this looks like a win-win deal: customers get software faster or cheaper, as long as they “understand” that there will be problems. Developers, on the other hand,...

    The Zero-Testing Time Bomb

    Every now and then some ingenious project manager thinks of a way to deliver faster by negotiating to skip testing. At first glance, this looks like a win-win deal: customers get software faster or cheaper, as long as they “understand” that there will be problems. Developers, on the other hand,...

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  • The DbFit User guide is finally updated to reflect all the changes in the past few months. It is now called Getting Fit With Databases (to reflect that SQLServer and MySQL are also supported), and explains the differences between Java and .Net implementations. Download it from SourceForge.

    DbFit User guide updated

    The DbFit User guide is finally updated to reflect all the changes in the past few months. It is now called Getting Fit With Databases (to reflect that SQLServer and MySQL are also supported), and explains the differences between Java and .Net implementations. Download it from SourceForge.

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  • DbFit 0.91 is available for download from SourceForge. Most important changes in this release are: support for type normalisers in Java, which can transform content coming out of the database. That provides workarounds for JDBC driver inconsistencies and finally brings proper support for Oracle Timestamp, CLOB and REF cursor support...

    DbFit 0.91 available: Update fixture and type cleaners

    DbFit 0.91 is available for download from SourceForge. Most important changes in this release are: support for type normalisers in Java, which can transform content coming out of the database. That provides workarounds for JDBC driver inconsistencies and finally brings proper support for Oracle Timestamp, CLOB and REF cursor support...

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  • If you are interested in how agile development works with databases, come to XPDay 7 in London on November 19th. I will be talking about the project that inspired me to create DbFit, and sharing my experiences on how to fight attitudes and technology to bring database development into an...

    See you at XPDay

    If you are interested in how agile development works with databases, come to XPDay 7 in London on November 19th. I will be talking about the project that inspired me to create DbFit, and sharing my experiences on how to fight attitudes and technology to bring database development into an...

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