Test-Driven Development Is Stupid
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Test-Driven Development Is Stupid
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Re: Test-Driven Development Is Stupid
#2This is a useful way to practice critical thinking by spotting the logical fallacies employed.
Re: Test-Driven Development Is Stupid
#3Starts with:
I am against writing unit tests in general, since experience shows that they actually prevent high-quality code from emerging from development
Re: Test-Driven Development Is Stupid
#4My take is that TDD is woke. Everyone has a gut feeling it's stupid but no one wants to be the first one in the team to point out that it's stupid, since if I did I'd get labeled as a cave man whose brain is too small to understand all the intricate reasons why we need to do this seemingly stupid things.
Re: Test-Driven Development Is Stupid
#5This article grumpily skewers its own thesis at the top:
>This indeed makes TDD less ridiculous.
>However, even though I didn’t address this....
(perhaps he should though?)
Inside out TDD (what he talks about) fails horribly, outside in works well.
It isnt even really about TDD actually: low level unit tests suck 90% of the time even if you write them after.
Re: Test-Driven Development Is Stupid
#6This article grumpily skewers its own thesis at the top: >This indeed makes TDD less ridiculous. >However, even though I didn’t address this.... (perhaps he should though?) Inside out TDD (what he talks about) fails horribly, outside in works well. It isnt even really about TDD actually: low level unit tests suck 90% of the time even if you write them after.
She.