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I get what you mean. I was stretching the idea a lot. What I described might be more aptly called "iterative development", and is really basic. There is an even

I get what you mean. I was stretching the idea a lot. What I described might be more aptly called "iterative development", and is really basic. There is an even further extreme than that from TDD, though. It's of course possible to write a program without even ephemeral, manual tests, just intuiting how it will work as you build it instead of checking and iterating... but anyone with experience knows better than to try that beyond trivial programs.

x86x87 3y ago
Yes. I have a name for your method also: debugger free development (DFD!). While controversial with some my theory is that if you need to attach a debugger to understand what is going on with a live program you've already lost. Logging (ie printf++) and metrics should allow you to understand what happens at all times. You may need to adjust the log level but that's about it.