The myth that TDD or test-first slows you down is true
Posted by: eXtensible mind,
on 04 Oct 2009 |
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I'm sad to say it, but it is true. It slows you down. But not everytime, and not for everything. So let's be more specific on the cases where it DOES slow you down noticeably: Cowboy or Duct Tape Programming Mode: If you code all day like crazy in a "cowboy" or "duct tape" programming mode, then it WILL slow you down, significantly. In this mode, you're hacking together stuff that works by pure luck, you're only superficially and typically manually "testing" the thing, before calling it "done"...