I read Kent Beck's book on the topic a long time ago and concluded, at the time, that it was bullshit. It just seemed ridiculous. (I got to tell him this anecd

I read Kent Beck's book on the topic a long time ago and concluded, at the time, that it was bullshit. It just seemed ridiculous. (I got to tell him this anecdote about a year ago. He was amused). Much later I joined Pivotal Labs, hoping to see what the fuss was about, and got taught TDD by sitting next to people who are good at it. People who will go to enormous lengths to create automated testing from the outside in. It felt uncomfortable and unnatural at first. But now it seems obvious. My advice is: seek out a mentor. Anyone who can sit with you for a few hours.