Re:What should every programmer know about programming?
by MartinCron on Wednesday September 15, 2010 @06:36PM
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I just wanted to throw in "test automation, yes!" without starting any controversy.
Although I've been operating with a slightly different (and hopefully less controversial) TDD definition. Instead of getting all hung up on sequence and test-first, I ask "are you using automated tests as the primary way of executing your code as you're working on it". If the answer is yes, then at least that part of the code is test-driven. If the answer is no, then at least that part of the code is not test-driven.
You can write the tests first all you want, but if you're not running them, often, and doing all of the "does this work" through the UI or the debugger, how test-driven are you really?
Although I've been operating with a slightly different (and hopefully less controversial) TDD definition. Instead of getting all hung up on sequence and test-first, I ask "are you using automated tests as the primary way of executing your code as you're working on it". If the answer is yes, then at least that part of the code is test-driven. If the answer is no, then at least that part of the code is not test-driven.
You can write the tests first all you want, but if you're not running them, often, and doing all of the "does this work" through the UI or the debugger, how test-driven are you really?