From: David Chelimsky <dchelimsky@...>
Date: 2007-01-24T08:08:31+09:00
Subject: Re: I don't get rspec

On 1/23/07, Jim Weirich <jim@weirichhouse.org> wrote:
> Wayne Vucenic wrote:
> > I don't look at this as "add a test to the spec/add a trivial fix to
> > the code" but instead as "add a test to the spec/do the simplest thing
> > that could possibly work to get the tests to pass", and I find
> > substantial value in this approach.
>
> When I do TDD, I approach it with a Jeckle and Hyde perspective.  When I
> write a test, I am writing a specification of how the code should work.
>
> When I start writing code, I become the laziest programmer you can
> imagine, writing only enough code to pass the specification as it is
> written at that moment.  If it is not called out in the spec, it doesn't
> get written.
>
> When I switch back to test writing, I cuss out that lazy programmer
> (i.e. me just a few moments ago) and write additional specs to force the
> code to do exactly what I want.
>
> The tension between Dr. Jeckle (the spec writer), and Mr. Hyde (the
> programmer) causes Dr. Jeckle to write better specs and Mr. Hyde to
> write lean, correct code.

With me it's more like Abbott and Costello!

Seriously, thanks for describing this so well.

Cheers,
David

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