Brown trousers time :~

[Lyle - CosmicPerl.com]

Ovid wrote:
> So how do you ensure your code is both correct and complete?  It's
> tough, but testing is one of the best ways to get close.  I'd recommend
> the O'Reilly book "Perl Testing: A Developer's Notebook"
> (http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perltestingadn/).  (disclaimer: I was
> one of the reviewers, so I may be biased).  Once you learn to start
> automated testing, so many other "hard" problems in programming become
> so much easier.
>   
Already got that book as well :)
> Once you have a correct and complete system built, with tests, then you
> can profile and optimize to your heart's content and feel much more
> confident that you haven't broken anything.
>   
Good points. I'm just afraid I'll have to re-code chunks, seems I need 
to just bite the bullet and get stuck in.


Lyle