Joshua Java

Hey hey fellas. If you were wondering where I have been all these time, I was busy with setting up a tool for project outsourcing and auctioning called Scrum8.com. So you can call that I was on hiatus mode.

Now you may ask: “what’s these Scrum8 all about?” Basically it was an idea that came up in JUG-Indonesia mailing list about making a tool for outsourcing project, but it became a reality just until recently. The idea is there will be two party which is the project owner that will outsource his/her project and provider which will make a bid on the project that the project owner has posted.

To get the whole idea of it, I reckon there is no better way than signing up or tell your friends and colleagues about it. I also reckon this is a good time for those of you that want to start a startup business, because with outsourcing you can scale your business as it grows. And in time of recession it’s good to outsource your project to cut down on the budget.

That’s all from me guys. Just watch this line for more updates.

Currently I am making a website using Ruby on Rails for my beloved. Moving in from Java I found developing Rails apps is very convenient as I can see changes directly (with few exceptions though) without restarting the server. With that in mind, I was wondering whether we still need to unit test Rails apps. Luke Francl explained in his presentation and interview why testing is overrated. I must agree that it is quite true that unit testing seems to be overrated for Rails apps because unit testing grew up from static language like Java and because you want to make sure your code works before you test it on a real server. So back to the question, what’s the point of doing TDD and BDD in Rails apps? If I’m developing with Rails, what is the advantage of unit testing over usability testing by human? Is there still anything useful from doing TDD in Rails?