Justin Searls

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Programming is inherently difficult, but most innovations heralded by the industry attempt to paper over its complexity, inadvertently making it harder for people to understand how to build and maintain working software. My mission is to identify, explain, and mitigate this phenomenon.

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Agent 002
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Columbus, OH

  5. testdouble.js 2.0

    The best mocking library for JavaScript testing has just gotten a whole lot better with today’s release of testdouble.js 2.0. This release irons out a few public API quirks found in the 1.
    Time An icon of a clock Publish Date
    March 13, 2017
    Person An icon of a human figure Authors
    Justin Searls
    Category An icon of a paper organzier Categories
    JavaScript
    Testing

  6. Rake without Rails.

    A lot of ink has been spilled over how to get “real” unit tests working in Ruby on Rails projects. The first time I encountered it was when Gary Bernhardt and Corey Haines started the “fast specs” meme.
    Time An icon of a clock Publish Date
    December 15, 2016
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    Justin Searls
    Category An icon of a paper organzier Categories
    Ruby

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