+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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mobile-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Mobile-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l > > -- EN Wikipedia user page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Brian.gerstle IRC: bgerstle
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