There’s a good thread about building features into Firefox on dev.planning. The recurring problem of writing quality frontend code came up, and I found myself ranting about our testing framework.
Is it tacky to quote yourself? I’m in a devil-may-care frame of mind this morning, so I’m doing it anyway!
From this post:
I’m an imperfect being and I know I should write much more tests than I do.
I will continue fighting the urge to just ignore tests and keep telling
myself why they are so crucial. I’m trying to be part of the solution, and
I’ve committed a few mochitest patches along the way. What Mozilla could do
to help me significantly is to give me great tools…
It’s worth noting that the details matter. I know we devs tend to think of
ourselves as very practical and rationally minded, but the longer I make
stuff the more I am convinced that an emotional feeling of using these tools
is crucial to a happy developer. So let’s get some ideas, and I’ll be happy
to file some bugs!
Etherpad here:
http://ietherpad.com/mozilla-test-tools
Brainstorm your ideas. We’ll sort them out and file some bugs! I’m particularly interested in what the web developers in the crowd have to say, as in my experience the tools there are a pleasure to use.