While putting together some ideas for the TDD Anti-Pattern wiki tonight, I got to thinking… “Whatever happened to that XUnit Test Patterns book?” (yes, in case you were wondering, I do think with words hyperlinked like that). You know, the one I blogged about almost a year ago when I accidentally stumbled across the Amazon.com page and the author’s site. At a glance, I was enthusiastic, and even joined a mailing list for the book, which I realized I have not seen much activity on in ages.

And it was a good thing I decided to look into it. I mozzied on over to the xunitpatterns site and, not only has it been largely updated,the author states it that it is currently in “Typesetting” and close to release! I got excited, but then read the next sentence…

If all goes well, the book should go to the printers in March and be in stores in April!

Awww… it is May now, and I know it’s not out, otherwise I’d have it in my hands reading it right now. :(

However, I really look forward to seeing it, and in the meantime the site is an EXCELLENT source, and provides some handy patterns for unit testing. Definitely worth a look!

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