I just discovered SQLCreator, an interesting looking Java-based SQL client. Apparently, the goal of this application is to aid developers, and it includes many features that allow developers to search for tables by column name, etc. It is free for personal and commercial use, but there is a small advertising message area at the bottom - sounds fair enough to me. I’ll definitely check it out, although I’m currently happy enough with the free version of DbVisualizer....
Dave Thomas of The Pragmatic Programmers posted an interesting blurb on the differences between test-driven and test-first development. In Agile / XP circles, these two practices are usually lumped into one, but Dave points out some good arguments for distinguishing between them. Test-driven development simply means that the design is influenced by the unit tests, for example by refactoring the code to make it more easily testable, since code that is difficult to test is often an indication of bad design....