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TDD on Three Index Cards

tottinger — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:39:00 -0600

I had the opportunity to talk to a fellow who missed part of a class on TDD. I told him that I could give him a 15-minute overview, and give him all the essentials of TDD on three index cards.

Yes, I know that volumes have been written about TDD and BDD, and that it’s a large topic with many many branches of application, but I didn’t have time for that. I had time for three index cards. I figure that an index card is a token, and it represents a conversation, and that one can always dig deeper later.

They looked more or less like this:

Card 1: Uncle Bob’s Three Laws (Object Mentor)

Write no production code except to pass a failing test.
Write only enough of a test to demonstrate a failure.
Write only enough production code to pass the test.

Card 2: FIRST Principles (Brett and Tim at Object Mentor)

Fast: Mind-numbingly fast, as in hundreds or thousands per second.
Isolated: The test isolates a fault clearly.
Repeatable: I can run it repeatedly and it will pass or fail the same way each time.
Self-verifying: The test is unambiguously pass-fail.
Timely: Produced in lockstep with tiny code changes.

Card 3: Flow (using the famous three-node circle diagram) – origin unknown.

Red: test fails
Green: test passes
Refactor: clean code and tests

Sure there is plenty more, but I didn’t know how I could provide significantly less. As is, I’m pretty happy with the exercise. Now I am wondering if I couldn’t produce most of the important information I wish to convey as a series of index cards. Would that be cool or what?

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