TDD is All About Design, Tests Are a Useful By-Product


	TDD is All About Design, Tests Are a Useful By-Product

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<DIV>TDD is a mindset</DIV></LI>
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<DIV>TDD is an approach to designing and writing better software</DIV></LI>
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<DIV>TDD it is a method of driving out good design through *using* your own classes and methods</DIV></LI>
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<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></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/142B9EB5-DEC1-42A5-BDCC-7EC27E915611/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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