I'm not going to get into the discussion of whether or not TDD is good, bad, or should be done lest you are just stupid and ugly. Anytime, or anyway, you think hard about the software you deliver, it's is going to be better than if you just bang it out with one eye open and hope no one sees it's shortcomings. TDD kind of forces you to open both eyes. TDD seems to work for some and others it does not - why is that?
This one has been floating around this year, and with good cause: "The Flawed Theory Behind Unit Testing" -http://michaelfeathers.typepad.com/michael_feathers_blog/2008/06/the-flawed-theo.html Here's some other really interesting debates on TDD: Cedric Beust wrote the TestNG framework, with others, and though a total hard-core tester, openly criticizes TDD: http://beust.com/weblog/archives/000477.html "Uncle" Bob Martin has some good responses to Cedric as well as some other good points: http://butunclebob.com/ArticleS.UncleBob I hope I have few illusions about the quality of my software. Today, I truly believe my delivered software is only as good as the tests that have executed it. In other words, the number of defects is directly proportionals to how thoroughly it's been tested - either manually or through automation. best, bill >> It's actually switching over, to where the tests come first, that's >> the hard part, for me. Due to a lot of the reasons listed in that >> article about big balls of mud. :] > >I'm not entirely convinced that writing the test before writing the code >is the best strategy... or at least that it's the best strategy for >everyone. Development work by its nature means doing things that (we >hope anyway) haven't been done before. And while you may have some ideas >about how to accomplish those things ahead of time, the human brain is >really just not equipped to map out large numbers of variables >accurately in advance. > snip ... >-- >s. isaac dealey ^ new epoch > isn't it time for a change? > ph: 781.769.0723 > >http://onTap.riaforge.org/blog ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:311992 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
