Where did you learn to unit test? How did you learn?

[sparky]

I actually learned in a bar on a W2K laptop while sharing a bottle of 
wine with a stranger who also happened to be quite a python fan.

I'm sure that books help, but not as much as two bottles of cheap sharaz ;-)


Christopher Blunck wrote:
> Hi all-
> 
> This is my second generic question posted to c.l.p (the first was 'How
> many of you are Extreme Programmers?') but it seems like a somewhat
> appropriate discussion for the group.
> 
> I've noticed in my development that Python programmers (in general)
> write more unit tests than their java counterparts.  If I download a
> project off of jakarta.apache.org, it very rarely has unit tests. 
> However, when I download a python module, it frequently has unit
> tests.
> 
> I'm in a position where I'm trying to spread the testing bug to my
> team.  It's remarkable to watch folks who were once viciously opposed
> to unit testing adopt it  as being absolutely critical during
> application development.  While this is encouraging, it is far from
> the common case, and I'd like to improve that.
> 
> What advice can you offer on spreading the testing bug around?  
> 
> What success stories do you have?  
> 
> What practices did you follow?  
> 
> Did you beat people over the head with it until they wised up?  
> 
> Were you softer in your approach?  
> 
> What worked?  
> 
> What were the long term implications?
> 
> How quickly did unit testing catch on?
> 
> Or did unit testing never catch on?
> 
> 
> 
> Any insight you can offer would be appreciated.
> 
> 
> -c