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Test Driven ... Everything

Swarup Kumar Mahapatra on December 01, 2018

TDD , or test driven development , is one of the better ways to develop software. It leads to better design. TDR , or test driven reading , is one...
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Ondrej

Right. TDD should be considered as good standard. I admit in some cases it's painful thing to do but at the same time it's necessary to avoiding mistakes.

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Swarup Kumar Mahapatra

Thanks for the comment . I guess I failed to communicate a particular point here.

If we can do TDD , why not write blogs, tutorials in similar way.

Example: If I had to explain Observer Pattern , I would first start with showing the end result i.e. the client code first . That would give a brief idea to the reader about the intent of the author.

Now the reader , can relate the upcoming implementation much better..

Here client code is the 'Test!!!' and the 'Observer , Subject' classes are the implementation.