On 12 Jun 2009, at 10:06, John Jones wrote:
> I guess I started out wondering if I was heading down a path others > had already walked. From our conversation and the silence elsewhere it > sounds like this has not been a need anyone else has had to address > yet. It would be good to go over the code and see if it can be made > more useful/effective. My next goal is to explore cucumber testing a > running application... You may be right. This may be something new! If so, it's definitely worth a blog post or something to discuss it. > I planned on being at NWRUG next thurs but I now have a meeting in > Macclesfield that will probably go on late so I might not be able to > make it back in time. I was looking forward to this code review, my > ruby is still tainted with perlise and working in isolation I miss the > 'ah yes' moments you get looking over someone's shoulder or having > them peek over mine. Interesting though, I now see my perl being more > and more informed in a rubyesque way. That's a shame - maybe we'll both make it to the same one soon. > On a side note, I've glimpsed a strong similarity between the rule > base structures used in Rulebase::Engine and AIS::KB and the > structured story lines you introduced me to which has got me wondering > about a fusion between the two - so the application knowledge built > into the textual relationships can become dynamic. Maybe a sort of > rake with an application personality! ;-) You may be interested in the book Principles of the Business Rules Approach[1], which is focussed on formalising business language. In a way, it's similar to Cucumber, but to drive implementation rather than specification. I have a copy I don't need any more, if you're interested. Also it'd be great to meet up some time anyway. Contact me off-list if you want to arrange something when I'm in the area. Cheers Ash [1] http://www.amazon.co.uk/Principles-Business-Addison-Wesley-Information-Technology/dp/0201788934/ -- http://www.patchspace.co.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleymoran http://aviewfromafar.net/ http://twitter.com/ashleymoran --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NWRUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
