Gojko Adzic

Trinidad 1.0.3 is now available for download from maven.neuri.com maven repository. Trinidad is an in-process java test runner for FitNesse which executes FitNesse wiki tests without starting the server, allowing you to easily integrate FitNesse tests into automated builds and IDEs. For more information on Trinidad, see the page on fitnesse.info

Improvements in this version are:

• Support for thread class contexts in the maven mojo (thanks to Tim Andersen and Luke Amdor)
• Ability to specify a different test result repository (by default, the folder storage is used but you can use this to record results in the database or ignore them or something else)
• class path display is moved to the debug log level of trinidad mojo, so you don’t have to display it if you don’t want

I’ll be giving three talks on FitNesse and agile acceptance testing over the next few months – if you are in London, you might want to come by (and say hi and have a beer after the event).

FitNesse.NET tips and tricks

The talk will cover best practices, common pitfalls and some advanced techniques for using FitNesse in the .NET environment that will help you save time and effort when writing and automating acceptance tests. This is a session for .NET developers with some previous exposure to FitNesse.

Skills Matter, Feb 17th: click here to register

Slim – The future of FitNesse

This talk will introduce Slim, the most important upgrade to FitNesse in years. Slim is the new test runner which promises to bring platform interoperability, easier integration, a much simpler programming model and lots of small helpers that will allow us to write and maintain executable specifications and acceptance tests easier. This is a session for .NET and Java developers. Some prior exposure to FitNesse and FIT would be beneficial, but not required.

QCon London, March 13th more info

Repeated at skills matter on April 2nd: click here to register

The two events at skills matter are free but up-front registration is required for capacity planning.

The first Opensource .NET exchange mini conference, held on the 22nd of January, attracted roughly 200 .NET enthusiasts to the iconic Crypt on Clarkenwell green. The event was organised by Skills Matter and Neuri as a wrap-up of a very successful year of organising “in-the-brain” .NET evening events. The topic of this conference was “emerging tools and practices” and six speakers presented lightning talks on various technologies and ideas that are not yet commonplace in the .NET world but make programmers more productive. Continue Reading »

QA Guild published a review of Bridging the communication gap today, saying that:

Gojko articulated the problems faced in IT industry due to communication in an excellent manner. This book makes you to realise how things are practically different and difficult than teaching theory, which is the truth everyone is going through in the industry. Gojko has found and explained innovative ways of bridging the communication gap in various different ways…

You can read the full story on QAGuild.com. For more information on the book, sample chapters and other reviews, see the Bridging the communication gap homepage.

Last week I participated in the first Openspace Coding Days in London. The event was organised as a series of ad-hoc coding workshops, and I really enjoyed it. I participated in a very interesting workshop on improving testability of web UIs, that later focused particularly on Microsoft’s new ASP.NET MVC framework. Here are a couple of conclusions we came to: Continue Reading »