Presentation: "Introduction: Programming Tools"

Time: Wednesday 10:30 - 10:45

Location: Lokale 2A12, 2. floor

Abstract: Whichever language you prefer, having proper tools support is important for your productivity. Statically typed languages like Java or C# enjoy IDEs with lots of advanced features for helping the programmer type in the code. In a dynamically typed language like Ruby, creating such IDE features is a lot harder. However, advanced Ruby IDEs are finally becoming mainstream. We will have a look some of the most popular IDEs. When you cannot get your IDE to automatically create working code for you, test-driven development becomes a more natural choice for the development process. Thus, the Ruby world has been very keen on test-driven development, and the dynamic nature of Ruby allows for some interesting approaches to testing. We will be guided through a couple of frameworks that ease the testing process.

Track Host: Ole Friis Østergaard, Trifork A/S

Track Host: Ole  Friis Østergaard

Ole is a software consultant doing all kinds of stuff at Trifork A/S. He is active in the local Århus Ruby Brigade and has been working with Ruby and Rails for a couple of years.

He has been a test-driven fanatic for several years. One of his spare-time projects is the Rails plugin acts_subversive.