Russ Olsen > Quotes

“Write the tests first, or second, or third. But write the darned tests.”
― Russ Olsen, Eloquent Ruby

“Because Ruby enables you to say more interesting things in each line of code, you end up with less code.”
― Russ Olsen, [Design Patterns in Ruby] [By: Olsen, Russ] [December, 2007]

“Let’s face it: Despite shelves full of books on software architecture, enough UML diagrams to fill an art museum, and design meetings that seem to last longer than the pyramids, building software mostly comes down to writing one method after another.”
― Russ Olsen, Eloquent Ruby

“How do you test just the one class when that class needs an entourage of other classes to work? What you need are stubs and mocks.”
― Russ Olsen, Eloquent Ruby

“Remember, a great way to avoid broken code is to have less of it. The code that you never write will work forever.”
― Russ Olsen, Eloquent Ruby

“In coding, as in carpentry, you need the right tool for the job.”
― Russ Olsen, Eloquent Ruby

“a great way to avoid broken code is to have less of it. The code that you never write will work forever.”
― Russ Olsen, Eloquent Ruby

“names of methods that do something unexpected, or perhaps a bit dangerous.”
― Russ Olsen, Eloquent Ruby

“That voice you hear in your head, the one whispering that you need to add some comments, may just be your program crying out to be rewritten.”
― Russ Olsen, Eloquent Ruby

“It comes down to this: Ruby is a language for grown-ups; it gives you the tools for writing clear and concise code. It’s up to you to use them.”
― Russ Olsen, Eloquent Ruby