
Markus Eliasson
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Visit Markus' blogTest-Driven Development - looking back
This is a retrospective on why it took so long to get started, where I see the greatest benefits and where it is still hard.
The fear of releasing
The fear of releasing is real, it is the fear of failure.
Technical debt
What is technical debt, who owns it and when is it due? Post #2 in a series of post about obstacles around software development.
Your obstacles are YOUR obstacles
Why do we have obstacles in software development when software is almost free from constraints?
Best practices for ScalaTest
Writing clear, consice and maintainable tests can be quite challenging. Following the practices discussed here will hopefully help you achieve this if you are using ScalaTest.
Building a parser for Sequence
Now that we have defined what we want the Sequence language to look like, we need to formalize this in a grammar and build a parser to parse our input into an Abstract Syntax Tree.
Defining the Sequence language
Even a tiny language as Sequnce requires a careful and iterative process, you need to consider both the semantics and the synatax.
Building your own DSL does not have to be hard
The need for different types of computer languages is growing rapidly — luckily it turns out that creating your own Domain Specific Language does not have to be all that hard.
Bytes do not destroy software — people do
Have you ever come across a poorly written software where you thought to yourself — this has grown out of control!