--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Michael Feathers
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> One thing that leaps out at me is that he is talking about
procedural
> code.. when you look at it from that point of view, many of his
> recommendations make sense. Procedural programmers don't have all
of
> the tools to remove duplication that OO programmers have. That
said, I
> take exception with other things that he says.
>
> BTW, I have an article about less than pretty code in the same
issue.
> http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=9472/sdm0501c/sdm0501c.html
>
> Michael Feathers
> author, Working Effectively with Legacy Code
> www.objectmentor.com
>
Michael,
Actually I do think of my TDD tests as a safety net. They catch me
when my next step goes wrong. The tests don't stop me making
mistakes, they just tell me that the last step wasn't quite what I
intended.
Sadly they also catch colleagues when they modify my code, but,
continuing the metaphor, they just jump down off the net and walk
away completely unconcerned.
Perhaps you can get sdmagazine to correct the html errors in the
article.
There are a few instances of <C ode> which should be </CODE>
--
Andrew Wall
Still not doing XP
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