When I first read the headline, I thought the poster meant "taking a writing test" like taking an exam.

Thanks for sharing. We do test first on one of the projects I've recently joined. The project uses JUnit for unit tests and integration tests, Maven for automated builds, JIRA for tracking, and Subversion. The project manager keeps things simple, no heavy process. Also, We're a geographically distributed team.

Hey.. uhh.. Do you work on the same project as me, or is this just a common setup?

You use JIRA too? What do you think of it?

We use jira, svn, maven _and_ j-unit. Jira I think is pretty good. But that's only in comparison with what I was using before, which was clear..quest? Clearcase? One of those. Man, what a terrible program.

In comparison, despite jira having a UI that was clearly created by developers, it seems quite dandy for tracking (and logically linking) bugs.

If what you used was for bug tracking it would be clearquest, rational clearquest. A program only the darkest souls of the empire would embrace.

I was held at gunpoint (exaggeration) and had to administer it. Note, this was a 7 year old version of clearquest at the time.

JIRA is clunky but it is effective. I ought not say more as it would be impolite.

I've had to formally evaluate bug tracking and issue tracking systems. They all suck to one degree or another as each has a fatal flaw, in my honest opinion. I probably ought to write a blog entry on the trackers I evaluated and the level of spam that the commercial versions send out to evaluators.

I never take a break, even an overnight break, at an "appropriate breaking point". That way, it's easy to pick up where I left off. A nice byproduct is that I rarely rush to get something done while tired.

also, never check-in code when you have been drinking. Learnt it the hard way.... twice.