← Back to context

Comment by brianmcc

9 months 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.

4 comments

brianmcc

Reply
arcanemachiner  9 months ago

I'm more of a DTT man myself: Develop, Then Test.

  • kridsdale3  9 months ago

    I've had a long and thriving career with the DSTYBYTD process.

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

  • brianmcc  9 months 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

john_the_writer  9 months 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.