Pete Johns - Blog entries of the highest uptodateness

Before I joined my current employer about two years ago I had heard of both Python and TDD but used neither. Now Python is the first language I reach for whenever I want to write a utility and I naturally start by writing a failing unit test. It’s a fun way in which to program, but more than that… Today I was telling a friend (and former colleague) why I prefer test-driven development as a way of writing code. Here are some of the reasons I enumerated:

Dear all,

I don’t like sending out emails to large lists of people, but sometimes needs must and yesterday I sent out two mass emails to people in order to gain more sponsorship monies for the Leukaemia Foundation.

I forget if I mentioned that I’m taking part in the Leukaemia Foundation World’s Greatest Shave on 14 March 2009, but I am, so there, and I’m looking at ways to raise more money.

I have been delighted, so far, with the generosity of those of you who have donated to the Leukaemia Foundation World’s Greatest Shave, that I mentioned recently, am mentioning now, and shall continue to mention until I’ve extracted every penny that you can afford to give!

Dear treasured blog reader,

I understand that reports of the local bushfires have reached the international news.

This weekend I’ve re-started on a website that I was meant to have finished ages ago. Now that I have all of those extra minutes per day having extracted myself from Facebook’s clutches, I’ve resolved to get it finished and get it finished I shall.

Happy new year, folks!

I’ve deleted my Facebook account. Hip, hip, hooray!