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Uncle Bob becoming even worse: (lemmy.world)
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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 13 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Designing your unit tests before you've written your algorithm is - in my experience - a bit ass backwards.

[–] vanillama@programming.dev 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Agreed, you find the right shape for the code as you build and try stuff, adding the tests right after makes most sense, unless maybe you're just testing an API or something

[–] Zannsolo@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I mean I'm theory for any planned method you would know the input and expected output before the coffee is written.

[–] ThirdConsul@lemmy.zip 1 points 34 minutes ago

Except that then you'll shape your interfaces to drive tests nicely, instead of being, you know, sane and useful (been there, done that).