Pragmatic Unit Testing: competition?

[Jeff Langr]

Greetings Mssrs Thomas & Hunt,
How does Pragmatic Unit Testing compare to TDD By Example (Beck), TDD: A Practical Guide (Astels), Unit Testing in Java, and/or TDD in Microsoft .NET (Newkirk)?
As I think you mentioned, the stuff in this book could be applied to any language, so perhaps you're not directly competing with the latter two, which are very language specific...
-Jeff

[Prag Dave]

I don't think we compete directly: our target is somewhat different. We're not out to make converts or sell a philosophy. Instead, what we do is present a simple set of (what we consider to be) best practices for Unit Testing.
The book came about because we find a lot of teams out there who do no unit testing. Some have tried it, and found it too difficult. Others don't know where to start. So our book is a step by step how-to book: this is how to test, and this is what to test.
It isn't our intention to compete with other books. Our aim is to get people testing.

Cheers

Dave

[Jeff Langr]

Looking at the table of contents, it seems like a nice, brief book, one that the average developer might actually bother to read (especially if handed out to everyone on the team).
-Jeff-