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Bobby Norton’s thoughts on software development
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In a previous post, I alluded to using Test-Driven Learning (TDL) techniques to decompose a compact Fibonacci function from Programming Clojure:
def fibo(
  (map first (iterate (fn[a b] [b (+ a b)]) [0 1]))
These learning tests are in Shubox - check it out.
A few colleagues and I recently discussed whether or not traditional (aka object-oriented) TDD techniques [...]

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Our understanding of continuous integration has evolved over the years to mean more than just making sure various software components play nicely together. As the practice matures, a much more system-oriented view is emerging. Continuous deployment, the idea that every check in could end up in production automatically after passing through a rigorous CI process, [...]

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“You’re going to deploy every change to production? Is that every time you save a file? How about every keystroke?”
The downtime and confusion that would ensue could hardly be considered agile.
Of course, this isn’t what’s intended by the terms ‘continuous integration’ or ‘continuous deployment’. Continual means ‘frequent, repeating at intervals’ and continuous means ‘going on [...]

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About two years ago when I started working on Cruise, I set up a Google Alert for “continuous deployment”. At first, there was a lot of noise about troop movement in Iraq. Lately, however, things have become much more relevant.
I’m happy to see this happening: It validates a lot of the theory we built into [...]