New series

I'm going to write a short primer on OOP using TDD. You may ask why would we ever need another series on object oriented programming using test driven development? We probably don't but it's like a math textbook. There are multiple variation of Calculus textbooks, not including the regular revisions made to a particular book, so a professor can find the one that best suits his style. I found it helpful to look at other texts with other examples to see how you approach a problem and the best method for solving it.

In these series, I'm going to steer clear of the standard auto/sports/banking/address examples and create something I find useful for myself and maybe others will too. I'm going to create a gift log system. If your family is anything like mine, there are multiple sets of parents/grandparents/uncles & aunts and cousins, not to mention siblings, that you give and receive presents from/to. We have a small spreadsheet that we keep tally on so we know who and what we gave and received so we don't accidentally give the same gift or appear to be regifting.

The other thing that should differentiate this attempt from others will be the fact that I'm going to provide samples in C#, VB.NET and Java. There have been many times I've searched for a solution for a client only to find it written in a language they don't/won't use and I don't have a good way to translate the example I find so here I'm going to cover the major languages in use right now. If there's a new one that rises to the top, I'll rework it in the samples.

Cheers,
Chris