String Calculator TDD Kata done in Perl

Few weeks ago I attended this really nice event in Krakow, Poland called Code Retreat. I went there to improve my coding skills and I was surprised that there were no Perl programmers and everyone was like "WTF. Someone still codes and actually writes tests in Perl? " :) So we did few pair programming sessions and I showed them how I do it.

Anyway - when I came home I googled for Perl TDD screencasts and found exactly 0 of them. So I started to think about recording one. Finally I managed to do so and I uploaded it to Youtube.

I did chose to try TDD Kata by Roy Osherove which has been implemented in several different languages, AutoHotKey being one of them ... :) It's been pretty nice experience for me and I found that katas are good way to improve my skill. Also, seeing myself coding helped me to reveal few things that I would like to improve in future.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unzbQYmlPys

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Re: String Calculator TDD Kata done in Perl by roboticus (Chancellor) on May 17, 2011 at 11:56 UTC
majo: It looks like you're running vim with some extensions. If so, which one(s) are you using? If not, what is the environment you're using? ...roboticus When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.	[reply]
Re^2: String Calculator TDD Kata done in Perl by maio (Acolyte) on May 17, 2011 at 15:41 UTC
Is there anything particular that did catch your attention? Anyway - it's just standard Vim. I deliberately turned off all scripts for this recording so that watching isn't too confusing. Auto run of tests is handled by guard with Prove extension. It waits for file modification(save) and runs prove for that file and displays result as desktop notification. I'm using black background for them so they don't disturb me much, but they are not part of the Vim.	[reply]
Re^3: String Calculator TDD Kata done in Perl by Anonymous Monk on May 25, 2011 at 10:07 UTC
What color scheme are you using?	[reply]
Re^4: String Calculator TDD Kata done in Perl by maio (Acolyte) on Jun 06, 2011 at 11:17 UTC
Re: String Calculator TDD Kata done in Perl by John M. Dlugosz (Monsignor) on May 19, 2011 at 16:56 UTC
What is a "kata" in this context? Perhaps there are no screencasts because Perl was doing TDD before the "screencast" was trendy. Look in perldoc instead. Maybe you can convert some to bring in more new blood. BTW, my name is actually spelled Długosz. Maybe you've heard of it?	[reply]
Re^2: String Calculator TDD Kata done in Perl by Anonymous Monk on May 20, 2011 at 03:30 UTC
What is a "kata" in this context? When I RTFA I see YouTube - ‪String Calculator TDD Kata done in Perl‬‏ Kata idea by: Roy Osherove - http://osherove.com/tdd-kata-1/ The following is a TDD Kata- an exercise in coding, refactoring and test-first, that you should apply daily for at least 15 minutes (I do 30). Kata appears to be a kata in this context :)	[reply]

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