Re: [extremeprogramming] What has changed for you over the past 20 years?

"Ron Jeffries" <[email protected]> Thu, 5 Dec 2019 08:19:00 -0500
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FWIW I [almost] never debug. In most languages I don't even know how to run=
 the debugger. Once in a while, rarely, I'll stuff in a print. Generally, I=
 just write a test that fails.

> On Dec 5, 2019, at 8:11 AM, Phil Goodwin <[email protected]> wrote:
>=20
> Right. There's a step zero involving good old fashioned debugging to fin=
d the root cause, but then it makes sense to test drive the solution for al=
l the trains it makes sense to TDD in the first place.


Ron Jeffries
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Whenever I feel discouraged, I remember the words of my then-3 yr old afte=
r she puked carrots on the floor: =E2=80=9CI=E2=80=99m gonna need more carr=
ots.=E2=80=9D
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space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D"">FWIW I [almost] never deb=
ug. In most languages I don't even know how to run the debugger. Once in a =
while, rarely, I'll stuff in a print. Generally, I just write a test that f=
ails.<br class=3D""><div><br class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D"=
"><div class=3D"">On Dec 5, 2019, at 8:11 AM, Phil Goodwin &lt;<a href=3D"m=
ailto:[email protected]" class=3D"">[email protected]</a>&gt; wro=
te:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><span styl=
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te-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-d=
ecoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class=3D"">Right=
. There's a step zero involving good old fashioned debugging to find the ro=
ot cause, but then it makes sense to test drive the solution for all the tr=
ains it makes sense to TDD in the first place.</span></div></blockquote></d=
iv><br class=3D""><div class=3D"">
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ronjeffries.com</a><br class=3D"">Whenever I feel discouraged, I&nbsp;remem=
ber the words of my&nbsp;then-3 yr old after she puked&nbsp;carrots on the =
floor: =E2=80=9CI=E2=80=99m gonna&nbsp;need more carrots.=E2=80=9D<br class=
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