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I don't think of TDD as being confined to unit tests and I was taught to test from outside in, meaning I'll have acceptance and integration testing as a matter

I don't think of TDD as being confined to unit tests and I was taught to test from outside in, meaning I'll have acceptance and integration testing as a matter of course.

lancerkind 8y ago
It’s best to have both micro tests (TDD) and macro tests (Acceptance Tests, which if you write acceptance tests first, is referred to as ATDD). TDD refers to micro tests. ATDD is what you should say to communicate clearly what your doing. Saying TDD when you mean ATDD will cause confusion with those who have mature test automation practices. Macro versus micro are important distinctions as they need to be managed differently. Mix those two test inventories together actually causes damage as all your test infrastructure will be slow rather than having a micro test suite that’s faster and run more frequently. Check out Agile Thoughts episodes 1 through 8 for background on this. https://agilenoir.biz/series/agile-thoughts/ https://agilenoir.biz/series/agile-thoughts/