Discussion on "What is Test Driven Development?"

Stephan E.G. Veenstra · 2022-06-15T18:45:18.181Z

Test Driven Development, or TDD, is a software development method where one writes the tests before the implementation. You could say that the test drives the implementation. This article is the first in the Introduction to TDD series in which we wil...

Thanks for article Stephan E.G. Veenstra, informative as always 👍

Already loving this series

Thank you! That's very kind of you to say.

i think their should be one more step called Refactor??

True, refactoring is often mentioned as a separate step (after the test passes).

Personally I don't see the point of refactoring your code while you're still implementing.

You could refactor your code after you pass the test and then when you do the next requirement realize it's not going to work, meaning you wasted time.

As I mentioned in the 'reasons', you will write code that can be refactored with confidence, but I would suggest to do this after you're done.

This is personal preference of course.

Yup i also means to do refactor after successfully passing the test: Test -> Code -> Refactor

Thank you, Stephan for sharing this step by step guide to understand TDD

great article Stephan! really helpful.

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