Re:The Pragmatics of TDD
by MartinCron on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @04:16PM
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Backing data that's strong enough to satisfy some critics is impossible to obtain.
Anecdotes? Obviously not OK.
Small-scale controlled experiments can be dismissed as nothing more than pointless toy exercises that have no bearing on real-world production code.
Large-scale controlled experiments are impractical. Blinding and placebos aren't possible. Isolating confounding elements such as individual performance would be difficult.
Re:The Pragmatics of TDD
by jiggy2011 on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @05:48PM
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Basically yes. I'm sure it would be possible to do a good study but very expensive. Although if the potential upside is increasing the productivity of an entire industry maybe it's worth doing.
Anecdotes? Obviously not OK.
Small-scale controlled experiments can be dismissed as nothing more than pointless toy exercises that have no bearing on real-world production code.
Large-scale controlled experiments are impractical. Blinding and placebos aren't possible. Isolating confounding elements such as individual performance would be difficult.
Burden of proof is burdensome, I guess.