Happy New Year

[karldmoore]

Last time I checked Spring JIRA, I could not find anything. I will check again and raise an issue with my thoughts.

Obviously if you attach the actual source and tests to the JIRA issue, it should get in the codebase a lot quicker .

[debasishg]

Obviously if you attach the actual source and tests to the JIRA issue, it should get in the codebase a lot quicker .

Sure .. let me try to get some time off for this.

Another area where I feel Spring can add more is in Test Driven Development. Lots of stuffs are going on to make tests more expressive or literate, so that they read more like specifications. Have a look at LiFT and the integration of TestNG and Abbott, where Alex Ruiz is doing some really good work on giving tests a real facelift. And, with scripting languages like Groovy and JRuby very much a part of the JVM support, this should not be very difficult. Groovy categories and Higher Order Messaging hold some interesting promise in having more literate testing abstractions within Spring.

Cheers.
- Debasish

[karldmoore]

Sure .. let me try to get some time off for this.

In fairness I was actually joking, what else are weekends for .

[karldmoore]

Did you ever raise these improvements Debasish?

[debasishg]

Not yet Karl .. I am neck deep with my project and have been travelling a lot. I will do it within the next few days.

Cheers.
- Debasish

[karldmoore]

Not yet Karl .. I am neck deep with my project and have been travelling a lot. I will do it within the next few days.

No worries, I know what you mean! I just saw the thread and remembered the discussion we had, no rush.

[debasishg]

No worries, I know what you mean! I just saw the thread and remembered the discussion we had, no rush.

It's still in my cache .. not yet swapped out . I have a couple of days' break this week. Will firm up my observations ..