Re: TDD and Refactoring

From: Uncle Bob (Robert C. Martin) (u.n.c.l.e.b.o.b_at_objectmentor.com)
Date: 12/30/03


Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 23:48:07 -0600

herwin@theworld.com (Harry Erwin) might (or might not) have written
this on (or about) Fri, 26 Dec 2003 09:34:24 +0000, :

>The issue for me is that baby steps do not lead to major design
>improvements that are based on rethinking a larger scale pattern.

The *challenge* is to *find* the baby steps that *do* lead to the
major design improvements. Consider it a design problem.

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