From: James Gray <james@...>
Date: 2008-08-04T23:14:10+09:00
Subject: Re: unit testing advice

On Aug 4, 2008, at 9:07 AM, Dave Bass wrote:

> I like to write my code first, tests second. Otherwise how do I know
> what I'm supposed to be testing? (There's no spec, I make things up  
> as I
> go along. This is a hobby, not work.)

I actually prefer to do the tests first.  This let's me think through  
a question like, "How do I want to use this code?"  I find that helps  
prevent me from designing awful interfaces.

At times though, I will write some code and then cover it in tests.   
I'm not a super dogmatic person.

James Edward Gray II