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Smalltalk Solutions 2006 is coming up fast - the show starts in 3 weeks. There's still plenty of time to register - and don't forget to contact us about the STIC discount! Registrations gets you into all of the talks, both LW/NW and StS - including tutorials. For instance, Blaine's got an interesting sounding talk:
Smalltalk has a highly reflective and lively environment that can be used to augment traditional unit testing. It allows us to do things that are only dreamed about in other environments. We can easily question and interrogate code or any aspect of the system. It is not hard to implement tests to ensure code correctness, enforce metrics, and scrutinize resource allocations. You can be creative and take the stance of using tests to stop and minimize the cost of change. There is a large variety of characteristics that can be tested, from run-time correctness to code quality. This presentation will give real world concrete examples in Smalltalk.