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Re:The Generational Divide in Software Developers by loopz on Sunday July 25, 2021 @08:33AM (#27948714)
It's just the idea behind Test Driven Development, that tests drive development. It won't be very effective as a handover, though could be used as acceptance criterias if that is needed.

The adherents really want tests to be the specification, as a way to be measurable / testable. Specs may be converted to tests.

But most of it is theory. It all depends, as usual, on the dev(s) and circumstances.

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Re:The Generational Divide in Software Developers by fatnoah on Monday July 26, 2021 @12:58PM (#27961863)
My one and only truly TDD project went brilliantly, but there were specific circumstances. In this project, I created the back-end and API while an outsourced team built the UI. What made it work well was that I wrote the tests AND the spec at the same time, and kept both up to date. Completed tests equalled progress on the back-end, made it easy to identify any regressions in my own code, and clear differentiated between logic and general HTTP plumbing errors.
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