Pelrine’s presentation

Another great meeting. Got insights into some of the work that Joseph was involved in i.e. the enhancement of the Sunit framework. As we all know automated unit testing i.e. the Sunit framework which was then the model for Junits and others came out of the Smalltalk world. Personally, I learned a few things. For one, I had never taken the time to learn what TestResources do. In the past I used the TestCase subclass class to build resources that could then be made available for the TestCase instances. TestResources are more flexible and can be shared across different test cases. As has proven to be the case so far the informal discussions that arise at the bar are as interesting as the presentations. It also helps to have a local Smalltalk legend in our midsts to get those historical insights on the Xerox Parc days and the various Smalltalk personalities.