Matthew Podwysocki

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• C#
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• Functional Programming
• Language Oriented Programming
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• .NET Code Contracts and TDD Are Complementary

  After my recent post on the introduction of Code Contracts in .NET 4.0 , I got some strong reaction that they would rather rely on TDD, or the better term, Example Driven Development specifications to ensure correctness.  Instead, it's my intent... Posted Nov 14 2008, 06:00 PM by Matthew.Podwysocki with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: C#, Spec#, TDD/BDD

• FsTest Updated with F# CTP

  Back in June, I announced the creation of FsTest , a testing Domain Specific Language for F#.  Since that time, the F# team has released the September 2008 CTP, which finally gives F# full citizenship within Visual Studio with real project files... Posted Sep 04 2008, 08:29 PM by Matthew.Podwysocki with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: F#, Functional Programming, TDD/BDD

• Announcing FsTest - The Testing DSL for F#

  Over the past couple of months, I've been working on some language oriented programming concepts in F# to prove how Domain Specific Languages could work. This coincided with my lofty goals of working towards more Behavior Driven Development (BDD)... Posted Jun 19 2008, 07:13 PM by Matthew.Podwysocki with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: C#, F#, Language Oriented Programming, TDD/BDD

• Language Oriented Programming and Functional Unit Testing in F#

  As I've covered earlier , I'm very interested in the unit testing and behavior testing story in F# and functional programming. And as I've indicated earlier, I'm pretty fascinated by Domain Specific Languages (DSLs) as well in this regard... Posted Jun 04 2008, 01:02 AM by Matthew.Podwysocki with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: C#, F#, Functional Programming, Language Oriented Programming, TDD/BDD

• The Unit Testing Story in F# Revisited

  Last week I posted about some troubles I was having with the unit testing frameworks for F#. Today, Brad Wilson announced the release of xUnit.net 1.0.1 which addressed the change in the F# compiler as well as integration with ASP.NET MVC Preview 3 which... Posted May 29 2008, 02:35 AM by Matthew.Podwysocki with | with 14 comment(s) Filed under: F#, TDD/BDD

• F# and Unit Testing - Some New Developments

  This past week, I've been focusing a lot of my attention on F# in terms of my presentations that I have been giving. I'm busy preparing for the Philly ALT.NET meeting tomorrow night on the very subject. An important aspect of some of the presentation... Posted May 20 2008, 06:58 PM by Matthew.Podwysocki with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: TDD/BDD, F#

• Your API Fails, Who is at Fault?

  I decided to stay on the Design by Contract side for just a little bit. Recently, Raymond Chen posted "If you pass invalid parameters, then all bets are off" in which he goes into parameter validation and basic defensive programming. Many of... Posted May 08 2008, 07:50 PM by Matthew.Podwysocki with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: C#, DBC, Spec#, TDD/BDD

• Command-Query Separation and Immutable Builders

  In one of my previous posts about Command-Query Separation (CQS) and side effecting functions being code smells, it was pointed out to me again about immutable builders. For the most part, this has been one area of CQS that I've been willing to let... Posted May 06 2008, 05:59 PM by Matthew.Podwysocki with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: C#, DBC, F#, Spec#, TDD/BDD

• xUnit.net Goes 1.0 and Unit Testing F#

  As I've said before on my previous blogs, I'm very much into F# and functional programming lately. With that, I'm still in the mode of TDD. Just because you enter a new programming paradigm, doesn't mean you throw away your XP and TDD... Posted Apr 25 2008, 04:05 PM by Matthew.Podwysocki with | with 16 comment(s) Filed under: F#, Functional Programming, TDD/BDD