> this idea that TDD is a panacea where no bugs ever survive I don't think I've heard many people claim that. Rather the point I've seen made is that it not on

> this idea that TDD is a panacea where no bugs ever survive I don't think I've heard many people claim that. Rather the point I've seen made is that it not only ensures you've got tests, doing them up front encourages developers to write code in a way that is easy to test, which usually happens to be higher quality, more loosely coupled code. When it comes to writing code there are no silver bullets, TDD included.