Part of the reason the debate is muddled is that TDD forces one to use unit / regression testing. People promoting TDD often take credit for the benefits of tho

Part of the reason the debate is muddled is that TDD forces one to use unit / regression testing. People promoting TDD often take credit for the benefits of those, when evaluating TDD alone concerns whether writing tests upfront as a design technique is actually better, provided tests are still written.