As a TPL .Net developer, I have just researched about StoryTeller for some days. I think this is a good automatic acceptance test tool because it uses the same mechanic as Fitnesse tool(also a BDD test tool), especially it’s built in .Net language. In current version (v1.0), It supports almost some basic features as Fitnesse features, such as:

• Support defining test case as executable specifications.
• Run test case automatically in two modes (local or remote) and export result in visual user interface.
• Support integration test, integrated with source control, and visual studio because it’s built in .Net.
• Manage test-cases in tree level and group in project.

About comparing with Fitnesse test engine, in current version, I don’t see a very big difference in features, except these things:

• It’s built in .Net and cleaner in core code and simpler mechanic (I reviewed its core code and see that not so hard to understand and use it), so there are immediate benefits for newbie to be familiar with writing test automation code.
• It can accelerate the process of creating tests by authored with a client written with WPF.
• In current version, StoryTeller focus on supporting developer to create tests well, not like Fitnesse, It supports tester and business partner to express requirements in wiki page.
• This is an open source tool, and I think it will has more great features in the future, and we also can customize it by our-self.

Anyway, as the author said, building a new BDD test engine, cleaner, simpler and integrated better with .Net environment, also old engine framework is the first goals in current version.

I like this tool and It can be considered to use as quite good BDD test engine in our projects.

“The Saigon Mobile Dev Camp is an event focusing on mobile application development with professionals and young software developers.

Over the weekend, participants will share, learn and innovate thanks to: Workshops animated by Vietnamese and foreign experts.

A 24-hour coding contest on mobile applications development.

Attendance is free of charge. The event will be bilingual, in both Vietnamese and English.”

Last year’s MDC was a great success. It was the first event of its kind in Vietnam, combining training in different mobile platforms with a coding competition that lets developers put their new knowledge into practice. Plus, its free and open to anyone with a passion for mobile apps and some coding skills. We had over 75 attendees, and 8 teams stayed overnight to build apps for the coding competition.

TPL organizes this event every year as part of our overall mission to bring the state of the art in Internet technology innovation to Vietnam, and fast track the development of Vietnam’s top local talent. We’re looking forward to this year’s event, and are excited to see the apps developed by this year’s participants!

Paul, as usual, is discussing the rarefied world of founder/coders; while I love these guys, it’s not actually that great a description of the customers we work with, who tend to be exceptionally savvy in areas that aren’t software. Still, the idea is the same: spend the absolute minimum to build a real, working product and get as quickly as possible to ‘sustainable’.

Of course, the whole article (including recipes) is worth reading but here’s the section that resonated the most with me:

A startup that reaches ramen profitability may now be more likely to succeed than not. Which is pretty exciting, considering the bimodal distribution of outcomes in startups: you either fail or make a lot of money.

While I would love it to be true that 50% of ramen profitable companies will “succeed,” I do agree that if your company can achieve any kind of real cashflow profitability, you’ve passed a huge hurdle and your chances of success are hugely better than average…not only because the business is proven to be working, but because you’re now giving yourself several different types of success to choose from.

And isn’t freedom to choose one of the real reasons we’re in this entrepreneurial game, to begin with?

Tech Propulsion Labs is happy to announce the first Webcamp Saigon on this Saturday, May 23rd 2009! This first Webcamp event will be a workshop focusing on web standards. Attendance is limited to the first 30 designers who want to join.

Update: Attendance is now closed for the first Webcamp workshop. Organizers are working on some creative ideas to get more people involved through slideshare and twitter, we’ll see what we can do to involve the many people who wanted to come but couldn’t.

What: Webcamp Saigon is a series of events specifically organized for Web Designers & Front-end Developers in the southern part of Vietnam. It is part workshop, part networking, and part geeking out about design. Current plans are to have quarterly events, sponsor design competitions, and anything else we can do to build communities of sharing, thinking designers in Vietnam

Who: The first event is a workshop by and for Web Designers, though we try to make room for fans of Web technologies, too :)

Why: The webcamp series aims to facilitate discussions and knowledge sharing among those who work on Web design and development, with a focus on Web Standards, Quality, and making the Vietnamese web beautiful and functional.

Where: Tech Propulsion Labs will provide a venue for the event, as well as take care of all the logistics involved. The address is at H17 (No. 64) A4 Street, Ward 12, Tân Bình District, HCMC. map to the Tech Propulsion Labs offices.

Sponsors: Together with Tech Propulsion Labs, ASALEO JSC and Frexy are sponsoring Webcamp Saigon.

Media, sponsorship or attendance inquiries related to Webcamp Saigon, should go to contact TPL. If you want to keep updated on the Webcamp series, join our Facebook Group: Webcamp Saigon

For more info, one of Tech Propulsion Labs’s Project Managers, Nguyen Anh Hung, blogged about the unconference at Fresco 2.0, or you can check the unconference’s site.