ATDD Game Development

Jason Felice@eraserhd

LeanDog Studio (on a boat!)http://objvimmer.com/

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Process

• Write the feature’s cukes first (with the game designer)

• Implement the steps for a cuke

• Write a unit test

• Make unit pass

• Repeat

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Pwoblems

• No DOM, no UI

• Nothing is accessible

• Nonstandard gestures

• Business stories, what?

• Very timing-dependent stuff

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How to Find Things

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ASCII Art

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How to Read the Screen

• Store stuff in accessibility label

• Hack your testing framework to find non-UI elements

• Add invisible 1x1 reference elements

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Messing with Apple

• Use applescript

• Move the window to the upper-left corner

• Click on a fixed location

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Use Fewer Cukes

• Does it prove this feature works?

• Does it check the happy path (or one that we really care about)?

• Otherwise, UNITS!!!

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GET FEEDBACK!!!

• Really.

• Really, really.

• Really, really, really.

Thursday, November 1, 12