[dna-dev] Re: Blogging topics

[Randall Hauch]

I actually have started two different posts on unit testing, and I'll  
try to get them out.

On Jun 18, 2008, at 11:59 AM, John P. A. Verhaeg wrote:

> Okay, I'll start to put together a blog about our i18n framework.
>
> I've noticed recently that we (DNA committers) are starting to  
> diverge a bit in how we test.  Maybe you could blog about some of  
> the "best practices" we've discussed regarding testing (such as BDD  
> vs. TDD, conventions, etc.).
>
> Randall Hauch wrote:
>> One topic might be the I18n framework.  John did a great job  
>> (improving some stuff that he worked on with Dan a while back) on  
>> this, and it really is a great little framework.  I used to hate  
>> internationalization code, but now it is very easy to work with.
>>
>> What do you think, John?  You up for it?  Could be a multipart  
>> blog, too.  Some questions that could be answered:
>>
>>    • How it's used
>>    • How it works
>>    • What are the advantages over other approaches
>>        • Support for multiple locales (e.g., web application)
>>        • Caching of localization messages
>>        • Parameters
>>        • Updating of localization messages
>>        • Typed parameters (compile-time)
>>        • Passing around internationalized messages
>>        • Extensibility (Localization repository)
>>        • Testing
>>    • Why does logging use it (and why debug and trace methods are  
>> not internationalized)
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Randall
>> On Jun 17, 2008, at 12:59 PM, Randall Hauch wrote:
>>
>>> If you have any suggestions about topics for new blog entries,  
>>> please feel let us know.  And, we're always open to anyone to  
>>> write some entries.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Randall
>>
>>