[LRUG] TDD (was: Ruby Contracting)

[Paul Battley]

2009/2/19 Eleanor McHugh <eleanor at games-with-brains.com>:
> I know that [B|T]DD can produce some amazing results when applied
> intelligently but as the de facto methodology of our age it is as blind and
> dumbheaded as the waterfall and SSADM. Ultimately this industry-wide
> obsessions are nothing more than ways of disguising a basic truth:
> programmers are a lot more like writers than machines and the quality of
> their code has more to do with personal passion than anything to do with
> established process.

Both TDD and BDD have had their day when compared to newer
methodologies like ZSD. In fact, if you're not already looking into
ZSD today, you're missing out on a huge potential improvement in the
effectiveness of your testing methodology.

Paul.