Re: [TFUI] Re: comments on my first chapter

Carl Manaster wrote:

> Yes.  I guess both are important, and maybe quickly is primary.  To
> keep the flow, one wants to stay green, and that means getting quickly
> there.  But getting quickly there frequently means Faking It, and I
> think it's important for people to know that's OK.  FITYMI was
> something of an epiphany for me; it's very powerful and surprising.
> Quickly wasn't a surprise - we're Agile, after all - and we all know
> we want to be fast - but that Briefly is OK in the service of Quickly
> - that's a lesson.

GUI Toolkits qualify as WELC "legacy code". Suppose your boss orders
you to start using TDD, but you have a GUI project. Your first few
test cases will go long, not short. This is incredibly distracting,
and it makes TDD look really bad.

Getting back to that sweet spot requires knowing what it looks like.
When a TFUI project matures, you actually start forgetting to look at
its GUI as you develop.

--
  Phlip
  http://www.greencheese.org/ZeekLand  <-- NOT a blog!!


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