Mad Computer Science: Testing COBOL with RSpec
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Really? COBOL? Yes, really. There are lots of enterprisey things that just aren't test-driven because of a lack of tooling. COBOL is one of them and it misses out on all the benefits of TDD. But it doesn't have to. In this session I will show how I used RSpec to test-drive MicroFocus COBOL on Windows and demo it with a simple kata. In the process you'll learn a smattering of COBOL and how to apply the same basic technique to test-drive other difficult to test technologies.
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Mad Computer Science: Testing COBOL with RSpec
- 1. Mad Computer Science Testing COBOL With RSpec Guy Royse royseg@nationwide.com @guyroyse
- 2. About Me Guy Royse Development Competency Lead Application Development Center LikesTDD, Pairing, Polyglot Programming, Pi?a Coladas, Walks in the Rain Dislikes Coding Alone, Complexity, Being Confused for Hagrid 2
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- 7. ** ** No affiliation with GEICO is intended or implied. All rights reserved. Look both ways before crossing the street. Vote early and vote often. 7
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- 10. A Simple Application The Data The Code Contact Validator Contact Phone Address Phone Validator Address Validator 10
- 11. Java Data Implementation public class Contact { private String name; private Phone home; private Phone cell; private Address address; public String getName() { return name }; public void setName(String name) { this.name = name; } /* etc. */ } 11
- 12. COBOL Data Implementation 01 CONTACT. 05 NAME 05 HOME-PHONE. 10 HOME-AREA-CODE 10 HOME-EXCHANGE 10 HOME-PHONE-NUMBER 05 CELL-PHONE. 10 CELL-AREA-CODE 10 CELL-EXCHANGE 10 CELL-PHONE-NUMBER 05 ADDRESS. 10 STREET 10 CITY 10 STATE 10 ZIP-CODE PIC X(30). PIC 9(3). PIC 9(3). PIC 9(4). PIC 9(3). PIC 9(3). PIC 9(4). PIC PIC PIC PIC X(30). X(20). X(2). X(5). 12
- 13. Java Code Implementation public class ContactValidator { private PhoneValidatorphoneValidator; private AddressValidatoraddressValidator; public void validate(Contact contact) { validateName(contact.getName); phoneValidator.validate(contact.getHome()); phoneValidator.validate(contact.getCell()); addressValidator.validate(contact.getAddress()); } private void validateName(String name) { /* validates name */ } } 13
- 14. COBOL Code Implementation IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. PROGRAM-ID. CONTACT-VALIDATOR. PROCEDURE DIVISION USING CONTACT. MAIN. CALL PHONE-VALIDATOR USING HOME-PHONE. CALL PHONE-VALIDATOR USING CELL-PHONE. CALL ADDRESS-VALIDATOR USING ADDRESS. PERFORM VALIDATE-NAME. GOBACK VALIDATE-NAME. * VALIDATE NAME 14
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Editor's Notes
- #4: Show of hands!
- #6: When I was tasked with testing COBOL I did some Googling to find out a little bit about it. First I wanted to know how it got its name¡
- #7: ¡and who uses it¡
- #8: ¡and what it is like¡
- #9: These are all kinda unfair¡it's a tool, a heavy toolIt's old and rusty-there is a lot of itBut¡
- #10: ¡it's actually more modern than we think.
- #16: If they are the same architecture, then I can test them using the same techniques i.eTDD
- #17: If they are the same architecture, then I can test them using the same techniques i.eTDD
- #18: Why Ruby - lot of file IO, easy in Ruby - ruby has good testing frameworks - get some people out of their comfort zone - irony