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

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On the other hand, I might be missing a magic trick here, so I was asking
Slava if he has a way to apply TDD in the context of bug-fixing that I am
unaware of.

On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 6:46 AM Steve Gordon via Groups.Io <sgordonphd=
[email protected]> wrote:

> There are 3 distinct cases in my mind:
>
> 1. Trivial bug - it is obvious what we did wrong and we just correct it.
> That case might involved fixing a few unit tests, but does not involve TDD.
>
> 2. What we did was wrong. - Rip out the wrong code and tests and start
> over with the right functional test.  This involves redoing the development
> using TDD, but TDD is no more or less useful that it is for normal
> development.
>
> 3. What we did was right, but we were missing a requirement - formulate a
> new user story and implement it.  This again involves TDD, but still in the
> ordinary way.
>
> Saying "TDD works great here" implies a non-existent difference with how
> TDD works in normal development.
>
>
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>On the other hand, I might be missing a magic trick h=
ere, so I was asking Slava if he has a way to apply TDD in the context of b=
ug-fixing that I am unaware of.</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div di=
r=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 6:46 AM Steve Gordon =
via Groups.Io &lt;sgordonphd=3D<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">gmail=
[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" st=
yle=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padd=
ing-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>There are 3 distinct cases in my mind:<=
/div><div><br></div><div>1. Trivial bug - it is obvious what we did wrong a=
nd we just correct it.=C2=A0 That case might involved fixing a few unit tes=
ts, but does not involve TDD.</div><div><br></div><div>2. What we did was w=
rong. - Rip out the wrong code and tests and start over with the right func=
tional test.=C2=A0 This involves redoing the development using TDD, but TDD=
 is no more or less useful that it is for normal development.</div><div><br=
></div><div>3. What we did was right, but we were missing a requirement - f=
ormulate a new user story and implement it.=C2=A0 This again involves TDD, =
but still in the ordinary way.</div><div><br></div><div>Saying &quot;TDD wo=
rks great here&quot; implies a non-existent difference with how TDD works i=
n normal development.</div><div>=C2=A0</div></div>

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