by Jonathan Halder | Nov 19, 2024 | Blogging, MS Access, MS Access Tables, MS Access VBA Coding, TDD
As I think about and discuss an architecture for an Access application I was considering the data persistence layer again and thinking about why one might want to test it. For example, what if your application is meant to track historic events throughout the history...
by Jonathan Halder | Nov 13, 2024 | MS Access, MS Access Forms, MS Access Tables, MS Access VBA Coding, TDD
What would your strategy for splitting a form between logic and database record management? I’m honestly asking, because that’s what I’m thinking about today. I’m thinking in terms of creating tests a la TDD style work. Having business logic...
by Jonathan Halder | Nov 5, 2024 | MS Access, MS Access VBA Coding, TDD
I had a problem with my Access program where I had separated the database from the business logic in order to test the business logic. My tests ran successfully on the business logic, but I had introduced an error on the db side creating the data in a live environment...
by Jonathan Halder | Oct 31, 2024 | Blogging, MS Access, MS Access Forms, MS Access VBA Coding, TDD
This is an experiment today. I don’t think I’ll get fully through what I would want to do today, but I want to start a little series on using TDD along with a form in Access. What would the whole process look like from beginning to end? I’m thinking...
by Jonathan Halder | Oct 30, 2024 | Blogging, MS Access, MS Access VBA Coding, TDD
In a message I sent a few days ago: Test Driven Development Fakes Are Faking me out! I was lamenting that some tests I was trying to write using a fake testing object, simply were returning the values that I needed to pass the test. I’ll use a small bit of my...
by Jonathan Halder | Oct 28, 2024 | Blogging, MS Access, MS Access VBA Coding, TDD
You write a test for the behavior you want. So far so good. You have to figure out how to interface with your system to write the test though. Today, I was adding a new type of status called “Internal Hold” for an order, and the line items each can also...
