Comments on: Test Driven Development And The Myth Of Better Code http://www.symphonious.net/2006/02/27/test-driven-development-and-the-myth-of-better-code/ Living in a state of accord. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:06:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: The Cargo Cult of Test Driven Development - Journal - David San Filippo's Blog - Infrequent Observations Updated Infrequently http://www.symphonious.net/2006/02/27/test-driven-development-and-the-myth-of-better-code/#comment-166183 The Cargo Cult of Test Driven Development - Journal - David San Filippo's Blog - Infrequent Observations Updated Infrequently Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:40:53 +0000 http://www.symphonious.net/2006/02/27/test-driven-development-and-the-myth-of-better-code/#comment-166183 [...] that your software is bug free. Testing every line of your code and every execution pathway are two entirely separate things. Test Quality is infinitely more useful than Test Quantity. Also no amount of unit testing will [...] [...] that your software is bug free. Testing every line of your code and every execution pathway are two entirely separate things. Test Quality is infinitely more useful than Test Quantity. Also no amount of unit testing will [...]

]]> By: Adrian Sutton http://www.symphonious.net/2006/02/27/test-driven-development-and-the-myth-of-better-code/#comment-13454 Adrian Sutton Thu, 02 Mar 2006 03:06:13 +0000 http://www.symphonious.net/2006/02/27/test-driven-development-and-the-myth-of-better-code/#comment-13454 pete, that's something I'd like to get set up actually, among a lot of other improvements to the feedback we get from our build system. pete, that’s something I’d like to get set up actually, among a lot of other improvements to the feedback we get from our build system.

]]> By: pete http://www.symphonious.net/2006/02/27/test-driven-development-and-the-myth-of-better-code/#comment-13449 pete Wed, 01 Mar 2006 23:43:57 +0000 http://www.symphonious.net/2006/02/27/test-driven-development-and-the-myth-of-better-code/#comment-13449 Of course! There can be only one magic bullet: <a href="http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/pa/pa.html" rel="nofollow">Java Lava Lamps</a>! :P Still, if you had the time to spare, I think t would be pretty cool. It ties in with what you've said before about <a href="http://www.symphonious.net/2005/12/17/specs-are-boring/" rel="nofollow">making documentation fun</a>. Of course! There can be only one magic bullet: Java Lava Lamps! :P

Still, if you had the time to spare, I think t would be pretty cool. It ties in with what you’ve said before about making documentation fun.

]]> By: Iain Robertson http://www.symphonious.net/2006/02/27/test-driven-development-and-the-myth-of-better-code/#comment-13329 Iain Robertson Tue, 28 Feb 2006 11:16:28 +0000 http://www.symphonious.net/2006/02/27/test-driven-development-and-the-myth-of-better-code/#comment-13329 I wish you'd been around when we were evaluating <a href="http://www.agitar.com/" rel="nofollow">Agitar</a>'s offerings. We came to the same basic conclusions, which the Agitar guy saw as a bit of a heresy — bluntly, he was miffed that we didn't think that test-driven development was <i>the</i> magic bullet. I wish you’d been around when we were evaluating Agitar’s offerings. We came to the same basic conclusions, which the Agitar guy saw as a bit of a heresy — bluntly, he was miffed that we didn’t think that test-driven development was the magic bullet.

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