A virtual pet that helps you raise your TDD practice.

docgnome 15 years ago |

Be nice if this was a plugin for Jenkins

Pawka 15 years ago | |

And for VIM :-) But its difficult to imagine TDGotchi on this editor. Any ideas?

aerique 15 years ago | | |

Perhaps you can adapt this little fella to do your bidding: http://vigor.sourceforge.net/screenshots/

ilcavero 15 years ago |

According to the page, from green to red does not subtract any point but running twice the tests with errors subtract 5 points? Kind of arbitrary rules that have nothing to do with TDD if you ask me.

technomancy 15 years ago | |

Adding an intentionally-failing test a part of the regular flow. TDD 101.

nod 15 years ago | | |

Yes, but how core is "don't ever write more than one test at a time"?

fishtoaster 15 years ago |

If we assume that this would legitimately motivate a developer to change their behavior, it seems like it would just incentivize them to run tests less frequently.

tetsuo13 15 years ago |

  If you test run fails twice, TDGotchi is upset.

I believe that should be "If your test run fails twice, TDGotchi is upset."

AndrewMoffat 15 years ago |

Programming has jumped the shark.

epochwolf 15 years ago | |

I think HN has seen enough snarky comments for a while. I would request everyone try and abstain from content-free comments.

knieveltech 15 years ago | | |

I think HN has seen enough comments telling everyone else how to behave.

Edit: Apparently folks like being told what to do. shrug Carry on then.

andywood 15 years ago | | |

I think that's a misrepresentation. HN has enjoyed a long run as a forum with a professional vibe. Its owner, and the core constituency, do not intend to let it become the next Slashdot/Fark/Digg/Reddit. You can find more background here:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2403696

hugh3 15 years ago | | |

Actually folks like it when second parties tell third parties not to do stuff that the aforementioned folks weren't planning on doing and find annoying when they are done by said third parties.

ascendant 15 years ago | |

While I disagree with the tone of this comment, I have to admit my first thought was "TDD has jumped the shark". The last thing I want is some random critter getting happier or angrier based on the results of my testing. I don't want "Agile Clippy", thanks.