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

From: Shayne Wissler (thalesNOSPAM000_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 01/12/05 

Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 08:57:29 -0700

"Anthony Williams" <anthony_w.geo@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:y8ezc6ai.fsf@yahoo.com...
> "Shayne Wissler" <thalesNOSPAM000@yahoo.com> writes:
>
>> In other words, you design as if there's nothing else to do but the
>> feature
>> you're working on right now. The "as if" is actually a falsehood, a
>> self-inflicted delusion, a vice which cannot lead to anything good.
>
> No, you design as if there's nothing but the feature you're working on
> right
> now, plus the feratures already written.

Yes, of course. Obviously one can't add a feature to a system without taking
into account the system!

Shayne Wissler
http://www.thoughtsonsoftware.com

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