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minus-squarethenextguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoI’m not a tdd guy, but I would reach for tests first. You don’t know the code yet. Testing is the only way to stay sane. And writing the tests if they don’t exist yet will help you learn the code.
minus-squaredandi8@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·4 months agoI think this is compatible with TDD. It’s just fancy divide-and-conquer.
I’m not a tdd guy, but I would reach for tests first. You don’t know the code yet. Testing is the only way to stay sane. And writing the tests if they don’t exist yet will help you learn the code.
I think this is compatible with TDD. It’s just fancy divide-and-conquer.