June 2010 Entries

How to dynamically add Edit button to grid for editing row using the jqGrid formedit

Goal: Dynamically add an Edit button to an empty column that will NOT trigger an inline edit but rather a jqGrid formedit for the selected row using the modal dialog option. Problem: All examples in the Demo version include editing inline and adding buttons to a column that only does an inline edit and the Demo version's getRowdata does not perform as expected. I tried it an could not get it working and the getRowData did not work as specified. Solution: gridComplete: function() { var rows = $(item).jqGrid('getRowData'); ......
Posted On Monday, June 28, 2010 5:28 PM | Comments (1)

TDD - Red-Light-Green-Light:: A critical view

Subject: The concept of red-light-green-light for TDD/BDD style testing has been around since the dawn of time (well almost). Having written thousands of tests using this approach I find myself questioning the validity of the principle The issue: False positive or a valid test strategy that can be trusted? A critical view: I agree that the red-green-light concept has some validity, but who has ever written 2000 tests for a system that goes through a ton of chnages due to the organic nature fo the ......
Posted On Monday, June 14, 2010 4:21 PM | Comments (3)