A virtual pet that helps you raise your TDD practice. (opens in new tab)

(happyprog.com)

52 pointskyleburton14y ago14 comments

14 comments

docgnome14y ago

Be nice if this was a plugin for Jenkins

Pawka14y ago

And for VIM :-) But its difficult to imagine TDGotchi on this editor. Any ideas?

aerique14y ago

Perhaps you can adapt this little fella to do your bidding: http://vigor.sourceforge.net/screenshots/

ilcavero14y ago

According to the page, from green to red does not subtract any point but running twice the tests with errors subtract 5 points? Kind of arbitrary rules that have nothing to do with TDD if you ask me.

technomancy14y ago

Adding an intentionally-failing test a part of the regular flow. TDD 101.

nod14y ago

Yes, but how core is "don't ever write more than one test at a time"?

fishtoaster14y ago

If we assume that this would legitimately motivate a developer to change their behavior, it seems like it would just incentivize them to run tests less frequently.

tetsuo1314y ago

  If you test run fails twice, TDGotchi is upset.

I believe that should be "If your test run fails twice, TDGotchi is upset."

AndrewMoffat14y ago

Programming has jumped the shark.

epochwolf14y ago

I think HN has seen enough snarky comments for a while. I would request everyone try and abstain from content-free comments.

knieveltech14y ago

I think HN has seen enough comments telling everyone else how to behave.

Edit: Apparently folks like being told what to do. shrug Carry on then.

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ascendant14y ago

While I disagree with the tone of this comment, I have to admit my first thought was "TDD has jumped the shark". The last thing I want is some random critter getting happier or angrier based on the results of my testing. I don't want "Agile Clippy", thanks.

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