Creativity Within Structure

Recently had the opportunity to do pair programming on a project at work. Paring has proven to be invaluable in passing knowledge over to other developers on the team. It is in this paring that I was exposed to Jasmine test behavior development. Jasmine was developed at  Pivotal Labs  back in 2001, and was the first unit testing framework for JavaScript. I won't go into why you should be doing test or behavior driven development, but if your company has adopted the Agile methodology, Jasmine fits nicely into the flow of the Agile process. It gives you the additional security knowing that if at some point in the future someone updates your JavaScript, unless the test suite is updated as well things will begin to break. The Suite or Spec Conceptually, a suite or spec is a bunch of related tests clubbed together with an expected result or outcome. Suites or specs are defined with the global "describe" function. This describes what is being tested. The describe function

Wells Maine beach drive I made a trip up to Wells-Ogunquit Maine last year for my vacation. I was fascinated with the coastal rock formations along the beaches that other photographers had posted throughout the web. I wanted to try my hand at capturing the dawn light and the sunlight reflecting off of the rocks with a long exposure time. In addition, some much needed away time to ride my bike and read. Marginal Way Day one consisted of scouting locations. Perhaps a quick bike ride or beach outing followed by a lobster sandwich. After unpacking I took my bike out through the streets of Wells Maine. I was struck by how similar it was to the town in the movie Jaws Martha's Vineyard. Wells is a small town with narrow streets and older homes. The beach drive featured a fantastic stretch of road just perfect for biking. After a great seafood dinner I scouted the Marginal way.  A combination of site seeing and shooting with the iPhone.  I really underestimated the amount of to