Eamonn Faherty

I am doing it! I am releasing my Pligg mod to get Twitter login working. I have stuck to the smarty way where possible (excluding errors :p). It is my first hack so bear with me. There are instructions included in the attached zip file but I would really suggest you read the following:

OAuth getting started guide
Twitter OAuth FAQ

Credits to Jaisen Mathai for his Twitter-async classes.

I have been thinking a lot recently about the value of unit testing, doing TDD and coverage. I remember ignoring advise that test coverage was not a silver bullet. I remember reading articles explaining why but I have to admit I did not listen as much as I should have. I kept remembering a difficult code base I had to use that was unit tested whishing it was tested thinking that it would solve all my problems.

I now think a little differently. The problems I face most are broken windows and software rot. It the java world people seem to invest in code using unit tests and integration tests. This is a new philosophy in the actionscript world. Some people have embrassed this change but most haven’t. I used to think this was a bad thing but now I am unsure. I think investment in code is what really keeps it good. Developers need to buy into the code base, value it and want it to suceed. Having a high test coverge helps this but does not promote it for flash developers. This needs to be an visual thing. This is how flash developers tick. I will post more when (if) I know more.

My other point is that I am resuming my open source work more agressively than ever. Expect a good release soon!!

This is inspired by the view from my window.  I want to build up a full, interactive, 3d model of a council estate.  I am learning Papervision and so this stuff is slow and rough around the edges!

You can move the mouse left and right to rotate the building and you can use the arrow keys to move the camera around.