Re: how many bugs do you find and correct during TDD?

From: Mark Jeffcoat (jeffcoat_at_alumni.rice.edu)
Date: 01/02/05 

Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2005 21:05:36 -0600

Tammy <qqq@ppppp.com> writes:

> Ron Jeffries wrote:
>> With all this noise you're making, maybe I'll pay more attention.
>> Picking up a pencil every time I make a mistake doesn't seem like
>> quite the thing to do. Maybe I can create a macro or kick another
>> gouge in the desk.
>
> Any noise i am making is because i am responding to the posts.
> As for picking up a pencil, i would think any interuption is a small
> breeze against the strong wind of TDD.
>
> You may not be interested in why people make errors, or the number,
> but i am very curious why so many are against someone who is.

Because it's dangerous.

The first rule of training is "You get more of what you
reinforce." Start paying special attention to your errors,
and your ever-helpful subconscious mind is likely to decide
that since you're so interested, it'll provide more errors
for you to count.

If you had some sort of positive outcome in mind--some
sort of reason that there was potential reward to compensate
for the assumed risk--you'd get a different response. Otherwise,
the rational response is, "Sounds interesting. You go first." 

-- 
Mark Jeffcoat
Austin, TX

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