January 2008 - Posts

• JNFileCombiner V1.0 Freeware

  As I had written here, I am working on a freeware program called JNFileCombiner to combine parts of files numbered .001 through .nnn. I had seen other programs do this, as well as batch files (just by copying the files together), but I figured this was a very simple project to get started with fully unit-testing code. Peter Waldschmidt of Gnoso was kind enough to support this open-source project by giving a license to NCover free of charge, and already I have seen benefits to improving my unit tests. I've found that exception scenarios were not covered by my tests. Last night, I posted the first version of the application, with source, to a new codeplex project here. It's a bit rough around the edges, but it works. I really need to work on complete comment coverage, simplification of the unit tests, and some refactoring, but I'm working that into the plan for V1.1. Posted Jan 30 2008, 08:06 AM by thejay2 with no comments Filed under: My Project Releases, My Projects, utilities, .NET, Windows Forms

• FileCombiner Freeware

  I've decided to delve more into fully unit-tested code and write an application from scratch using TDD methodologies after being re-invigorated by Robert C. Martin's fantastic Craftsman article series ( http://www.objectmentor.com/resources/publishedArticles.html -- click on the "Test Driven Development" category).  I'm using NUnit ( http://www.nunit.org/index.php ) to do unit tests, with TestDriven.NET ( http://www.testdriven.net/quickstart.aspx ) used along with an obsolete version of NCover ( http://www.ncover.com ).  I have no complaints with NUnit, but TestDriven.NET has some strangeness in studio 2008 that I will detail shortly, once I make sure the issues that I am facing are not simply due to PEBKAC on my part. NCover seems quite nice to be able to have a way to see NUnit coverage, without resorting to the MS tools (which do not seem to play nicely with external testing frameworks like NUnit).  Next steps: Try new version of NCover and review it (the version I have now does not seem to respect the setup and teardown attributes before running tests) Complete first release of FileCombiner (I'd estimate the initial features are at about 85%, with ~85% code coverage according to NCover) Publish release, with unit tests. Beautify the UI; use WPF, include progress bar and diminish use of textbox as a vehicle for reporting progress Posted Jan 24 2008, 12:38 PM by thejay2 with 2 comment(s) Filed under: My Project Releases, My Projects, .NET