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by brianmcc 483 days ago
>> ... TDD is unlikely to help you solve problems that are beyond incremental changes.

Thank you for expressing this niggling problem with TDD. Personally I just cannot use it for "new stuff", I need to explore and create direct with "real" code for anything non-obvious.
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arcanemachiner 483 days ago
I'm more of a DTT man myself: Develop, Then Test.
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kridsdale3 483 days ago
I've had a long and thriving career with the DSTYBYTD process.

Develop, Ship, Tell your boss you tested and documented.

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brianmcc 483 days ago
+1

I think "code is carefully designed AND has a bunch of decent tests" places a codebase ahead of many tbh, even now, regardless of how it's produced

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john_the_writer 483 days ago
I suppose it depends on how you use it.. If you view it like you would a bit of paper and a pencil then it works a treat.

I want this to do X when I ask it with Y param. If you write out your spec's before you sit down to code.

When a user enters a bad password... print this to screen

TDD works great for new stuff when viewed as paper replacement.

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