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Robert Martin is author of Agile manifesto. https://www.quora.com/Why-does-Kent-Beck-refer-to-the-rediscovery-of-test-driven-development https://www.quora.com/

• westurner 10y ago
  +1. TDD could be considered as a derivation of the Scientific Method (Hypothesis Testing). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothesis Test first isolates out a null hypothesis (that the test already passed); but not that it passes/fails because of some other chance variation (e.g. hash randomization and unordered maps). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_hypothesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_hypothesis ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test-driven_development https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test-driven_development
  • lisivka 10y ago
    +1 Right on the spot. TDD requires you to draw your target first, then hit or miss it with the code, like in science: hypotheses -> confirmation/declining via experiments -> working theory. But in practice, lot of coders are hitting a point instead, then they draw target around that point, like in fake science: we throw coin 100 times, distribution is 60/40, our hypothesis: random coin flip has 60 to 40 ratio, our hypothesis confirmed by experiment, huge savings, hooray!