I posted a simple sample of accepance test code in Selenium and WatiN along with a sample web site to test. You can download the zip file here.

I also have posted a Fitnesse fixture in that zip file that illustrates how we can create a simple test fixture for Fitnesse acceptance testing. The Fitnesse tests aren't in the set, but here is the page wiki code that makes use of the fixture:

!define COMMAND_PATTERN {%m %p}
!define TEST_RUNNER {dotnet\FitServer.exe}
!define PATH_SEPARATOR {;}
!path dotnet\*.dll

Here is an acceptance test using our BusinessObjectTestFixture test class:

!|FitnesseFixture.BusinessObjectTestFixture|
|UserId|Password|Authenticate()|
|administrator|secret0|ADMIN|
|admin|secret0|NONE|
|administrator|secret|NONE|
|user11|secret11|USER|
|user11|secret0|NONE|
|user|secret|NONE|


I also created some STIQ tests, here is the code for the tests and components. Extract this zip file under repository\ProjectRoot folder and it should be able to test the sample site also.

ATDDSTIQ.zip (3.57 KB)

I have been asked recently about tools I prefer to use in my every-day development. Here is a list of tools, and where to get them.

Visual Studio 2008      Development IDE                   Microsoft
TestDriven.net           Test Runner                         TestDriven.net
WinMerge                  Diff / Merge tool                   WinMerge.org integrates with VS and Tortoise too!
nUnit                        Unit Testing Framework          nUnit.org     Also see mbUnit and Gallio
Selenium                   UI test framework                 OpenQA       Also see WatiN
ReSharper                  Integrated toolkit for VS        JetBrains     (OK I don't actually use it but it's good.)
Tortoise SVN              Shell Integration with SVN      Tigris
Ankh SVN                  Visual Studio Plugin for SVN     CollabNet
Subversion (Server)     Version Control System          VisualSVN
Cruise Control.net       CI system                            ThoughtWorks
RhinoMocks                Mock Object System              Ayende
nAnt                         .NET Build Tool                     nAnt
Fitnesse                    Acceptance Test Tool            Fitnesse
STIQ                         Story Test Tool                    Solutions IQ
GIMP                         GNU Image Manipulation Prog. SourceForge
Notepad++                 Smart Text Editor                 SourceForge UK when Visual Studio just won't do...

Not development tools exactly, but extremely handy:
Process Explorer          Smarter Task Manager           SysInternals
FileZilla                      Upload/FTP client                  FileZilla
DivX                          Decoder                              DivX         Because sometimes we need to watch movies...

That's all I can think of at the moment, but am probably missing some things. I'm sure you'll all (please) chime in with what I forgot...

500 lines of code in one method? uh... U R DOING IT WRONG!

Long methods are a code smell. And a loud one at that. Methods should be focused on doing ONE thing. That thing can be simple or complex, but inner complexity should be refactored out into other (small) methods, keeping them each small and focused on a single task. A method with 4 nested levels of for/foreach/while statements is just so wrong in so many ways... Keep it simple. Keep it straightforward. Did I mention keep it simple?

Jeremy Miller posted a nice article a while back about short methods, and Ward Cunningham has another on C2 that Jeremy references.
We definitely need a Visual Studio plug-in to turn the background yellow when a method exceeds 20 lines, and turn red when it goes over 40 lines...

Here is a simple example. Code by intent means writing code by declaring what it does by well named (and usually long-named) methods. This method is only three lines long, but it conveys that there are two steps to be done, the second with the result of the first. This should be clear to anyone reading it. Further, the XML comment summary (missing from this example) should provide the reader with any information needed not conveyed with the title.

public void DoOneThing()
{
   int n = 0;
   n = DoStep1ReturnNumber(n);
   DoStep2WithResultOfStep1(n);
}

private void DoStep1ReturnNumber(int number)
{
   // simple method
}

private void DoStep2WithResultOfStep1(int number)
{
   // more simple stuff
}

Seriously, if there is something out there already that does this, please let me know! If not, I am going to have to write one...