http://clipmarks.com/clipper/travislaborde/date/2008/5/6/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/travislaborde/date/2008/5/6/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/142B9EB5-DEC1-42A5-BDCC-7EC27E915611/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/travislaborde/">travislaborde</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://devlicio.us/blogs/casey/archive/2008/05/03/tdd-is-all-about-design-tests-are-a-useful-by-product.aspx" title="http://devlicio.us/blogs/casey/archive/2008/05/03/tdd-is-all-about-design-tests-are-a-useful-by-product.aspx">devlicio.us</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H4 class="BlogPostHeader">TDD is All About Design, Tests Are a Useful By-Product <SPAN title="Rated Excellent [5 out of 5]." id="ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_bcr_bcr_bcr_ctl02" class="CommonRateControlReadOnly"><IMG border="0" align="absmiddle" src="http://devlicio.us/Themes/default/images/common/star-left-on.gif" /><IMG border="0" align="absmiddle" src="http://devlicio.us/Themes/default/images/common/star-right-on.gif" /><IMG border="0" align="absmiddle" src="http://devlicio.us/Themes/default/images/common/star-left-on.gif" /><IMG border="0" align="absmiddle" src="http://devlicio.us/Themes/default/images/common/star-right-on.gif" /><IMG border="0" align="absmiddle" src="http://devlicio.us/Themes/default/images/common/star-left-on.gif" /><IMG border="0" align="absmiddle" src="http://devlicio.us/Themes/default/images/common/star-right-on.gif" /><IMG border="0" align="absmiddle" src="http://devlicio.us/Themes/default/images/common/star-left-on.gif" /><IMG border="0" align="absmiddle" src="http://devlicio.us/Themes/default/images/common/star-right-on.gif" /><IMG border="0" align="absmiddle" src="http://devlicio.us/Themes/default/images/common/star-left-on.gif" /><IMG border="0" align="absmiddle" src="http://devlicio.us/Themes/default/images/common/star-right-on.gif" /></SPAN><INPUT type="hidden" id="ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_bcr_bcr_bcr_ctl02_Value" value="5" /></H4></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Whatever you may think, TDD is certainly not about the tests. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><UL> <LI> <DIV>TDD is a mindset</DIV></LI> <LI> <DIV>TDD is an approach to designing and writing better software</DIV></LI> <LI> <DIV>TDD it is a method of driving out good design through *using* your own classes and methods</DIV></LI> <LI> <DIV>TDD is about starting with your pain points, and working towards a point where the code feels right, because the pain has subsided</DIV></LI></UL></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/programming/" rel="tag">programming</a></div>http://devlicio.us/blogs/casey/archive/2008/05/03/tdd-is-all-about-design-tests-are-a-useful-by-product.aspxTue, 06 May 2008 13:07:24 GMT