From 23c37cbd2999cca62e94380c7dbb37b2155853f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Oliver Davies Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 20:38:24 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] daily-email: add 2023-07-19 TDD is like clicker training --- src/content/daily-email/2023-07-19.md | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/content/daily-email/2023-07-19.md diff --git a/src/content/daily-email/2023-07-19.md b/src/content/daily-email/2023-07-19.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..8c27b4007 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/content/daily-email/2023-07-19.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +--- +title: > + TDD is like clicker training +pubDate: 2023-07-19 +permalink: > + archive/2023/07/19/tdd-is-like-clicker-training +tags: + - automated-testing + - test-driven-development +--- + +During a webinar I watched recently, someone described test-driven-development as clicker training for Developers. + +Similar to when people want to train an animal, the short cycles and quick feedback loops make it easier to stay focussed as you work on a task, and the satisfaction of getting a test to pass, completing a feature, or refactoring some messy code is the reward.