+1 for the follow-up of the "Is TDD Dead?"

On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 1:17 PM, Sam Smith <[email protected]> wrote:

> There's a great set of recorded hangouts between Kent Beck, Martin Fowler,
> and DHH titled "Is TDD dead?":
> http://martinfowler.com/articles/is-tdd-dead/
>
> As with that talk, I'd highly encourage you to take the time to watch them.
>
> –Sam
>
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 6:07 PM, Corey Floyd <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> This is from a while back, but I finally got around to watching it. I
>> think it is a really good questioning of our assumptions around testing
>> (and of course it is a controversial talk - it is DHH)
>>
>> To me, the TL;DR was:
>>
>> - The main goal of writing code should be creating maintainable code with
>> clear intent.
>> - While unit testing is good, it is not a panacea for planning good
>> architecture or system testing.
>> - Good unit testing coverage will not spontaneously birth good
>> architecture and at times it can even work against code clarity.
>> - System testing is a better representation of how our code works
>> - Unit testing should support our goals, and not become a goal in and of
>> it self.
>>
>> I highly encourage everyone to carve out some time to watch.
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LfmrkyP81M
>>
>> --
>> Corey Floyd
>> Software Engineer
>> Mobile Apps / iOS
>> Wikimedia Foundation
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