Doing TDD one should have a strong preference to write the test first. But really, in this discussion, which frequently happens on this forum the most important

Doing TDD one should have a strong preference to write the test first. But really, in this discussion, which frequently happens on this forum the most important thing is often left out. What people are not talking about is that there also is a refactoring step in the cycle. To qualify something as TDD or not TDD the presence of the refactoring step is actually the most critical.