Sorry for late reply. >> If all you see tests for is "mandatory bureaucratic paperwork", maybe you should be concerned about overconfidence in your ability to

Sorry for late reply. >> If all you see tests for is "mandatory bureaucratic paperwork", maybe you should be concerned about overconfidence in your ability to do flawless design and implementation. I don't buy into the idea that TDD or any kind of testing methodollogy gives you confidence to do good design or in any way helps you make good design decisions. >> When I do TDD, I have demonstrably working code. What doesn't give me a sense of achievement is writing a ton of code with no evidence that it works or is bug-free False sense of program correctness right there ;) Are you telling me that by doing example based testing, you are 100% bug free ? Your tests must be humongous. >> Writing tests is one of the best tools I've found for making sure I actually understand what it is I'm trying to do (and if what I'm trying to do is actually wrong). Pen and paper for some and more code for others.