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+title: >
+  Getting to green
+pubDate: 2023-05-05
+permalink: >
+  archive/2023/05/05/getting-to-green
+tags:
+  - automated-testing
+  - testing
+  - test-driven development
+---
+
+When doing test-driven development, once you've written a failing (a.k.a. red) test, the main objective is to get to a green (a.k.a. passing) test as quickly as possible via the simplest method.
+
+Even if that means returning a hard-coded value.
+
+Once the test passes, it or the code it's testing can be refactored.
+
+Or you can move on to the next test and, if you need to change the hard-coded value to get both tests to pass, then it is the right time to do so.