https://proszkie.github.io/tags/extreme-programming/Recent content in Extreme Programming on Piotr ProszowskiHugoenp.proszowski@gmail.com (Piotr Proszowski)p.proszowski@gmail.com (Piotr Proszowski)Thu, 19 Jan 2023 21:08:10 +0100https://proszkie.github.io/posts/tdd-hot-or-not/Thu, 19 Jan 2023 21:08:10 +0100p.proszowski@gmail.com (Piotr Proszowski)https://proszkie.github.io/posts/tdd-hot-or-not/<h2 id="tldr">TL;DR</h2> <p>In this post I share some insights of what is my current understanding of Test Driven Development. Additionally, I review some materials I recently encountered on this matter.</p> <h2 id="context">Context</h2> <p>Test Driven Development and Pair Programming were practices that always attracted me. They seem to be pretty neglected in our industry (at least in places I had opportunity to work so far) but I see a lot of benefits coming from them. They are pretty young though (~20 years) - let&rsquo;s remember, that <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/01/12/375663920/the-doctor-who-championed-hand-washing-and-saved-women-s-lives" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreffer ">it took 30 years to convince people about washing hands</a> . So there is still some time left before they become really popular 😉</p>