January 16, 2018

This entry is part [part not set] of 9 in the series Underplayed Premises

Time, finally, for the steering premise, from the five underplayed TDD premises. The steering premise says "tests & testability help steer design & development". What we’re saying here is that tests are first-class citizens in the mob of factors that shape our system, with a voice that counts, all the way through development. Think of […]

This entry is part [part not set] of 9 in the series Underplayed Premises

Today, let’s talk a little about the chaining premise, from five underplayed tdd premises. The chaining premise says "test a chain by testing its links". Like the other premises, it’s easy to make it pithy, but it has vast ramifications about when we’re doing TDD. When we talked about the money premise, I gave a