Gojko Adzic has a list of Test Driven Development anti-patterns on his blog. Unfortunately, I’ve seen many of these crimes practiced in real life and can say that they generally always come back to bite you. The list includes activities such as commenting out a test to make the build pass, sensitivity to the UI, and sensitivity to 3rd party APIs.

Yesterday was a big day for those contemplating taking Adobe AIR out for a spin. Ext, YUI, and Dojo all now have support for the runtime. Pete Freitag posted a hello world tutorial on his website to help get you started. You will also want to take a look at the Adobe Resource Center section on developing AIR applications with HTML and Ajax.

Not to be a buzz-kill, but please keep in mind that Adobe AIR still does not support Linux. However, they are actively seeking out beta testers for a Linux version of the runtime.