@wycats I like the three hats metaphor: sketching, exploring, constructing. I personally only do TDD when wearing my construction hat.
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@ph1 there's a good clay/concrete metaphor too.
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@wycats That's the entire point of the debate: test-first to drive the design is mostly flawed. Backfilling tests is good. More system tests -
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@wycats At least when applied to web apps with a known and stable MVC architecture. Easy/fast test focus leads to more complicated archs. -
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@wycats I’ve come to think of testing in terms of commits—when ready to commit, I write a test for the work being committed…Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wycats But TDD doctrine has test-first as sacred, along with "tests should drive design". Combine with unit focus and it's an iffy combo. - 1 more reply
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@wycats I agree. I doubt the necessity of testing the exploration of solutions before the problem is solved when fully understood.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wycats …of course you can’t commit before you’ve written anything ;)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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