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by ncann 552 days ago
Doctor hygiene and seatbelt and the like are mandatory because they save lives, and can be very easily proven using basic tests and statistics.

On the other hand, there is no way to measure the "effectiveness" of TDD as compared to not using it.

I'm sorry that you feel that strongly about it but that certainly seems like zealotry to me.
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fzeindl 552 days ago
> On the other hand, there is no way to measure the "effectiveness" of TDD as compared to not using it.

There are definitely ways to measure, for example by it's impact on bug resolution time. The following study looks at static code quality, but it could be applied to TDD:

This study is about static code quality, but could be applied to TDD as well. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359129462_Code_Red_...

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gog 552 days ago
Bug resolution time is not the only metric of value in software development.
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fzeindl 547 days ago
I quote myself:

> _for example_ by it's impact on bug resolution time

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