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> This... is not Kent's finest moment. It's really not. Objectively, this wouldn't even be within artillery range of the front page if it hadn't been written b
by doktrin 13y ago
> This... is not Kent's finest moment.
It's really not. Objectively, this wouldn't even be within artillery range of the front page if it hadn't been written by a Big Name(tm).
I even have what borders on a fundamental disagreement with his last point :
> Anxiety. Perhaps what I'll miss most is the way TDD gives me an instantaneous "Is Everything Okay?" button.
This point of Kent's feels particularly weird given that DHH had specifically criticized the TDD artifact that is unit test worship & mock abuse. That workflow practically embodies the notion of a "false sense of security". It might do wonders for personal anxiety, but I have doubts about its ability to rigorously test a system :/
- jonahx 13y ago> It's really not. Objectively, this wouldn't even be within artillery range of the front page if it hadn't been written by a Big Name(tm). This is doubly true of the DHH article Kent is rebutting.
- eloff 13y agoNo, it was a well written article that made its point articulately. This post is snarky and only briefly touches on some positives of TDD without addressing the points raised by DHH. I don't know either of these guys by name, but I upvoted DHH and not this post because it is simply better written.