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Make it work, then make it good

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+title: Make it work, then make it good
+date: 2024-08-31
+permalink: daily/2024/08/31/make-it-work-then-make-it-good
+tags:
+    - software-development
+    - automated-testing
+    - test-driven-development
+    - clean-code
+cta: d7eol
+snippet: |
+    The main objective when writing software is to make it work.
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+Your first objective when writing software is to make it work by - any means necessary.
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+If you're doing test-driven development, you want to get a failing test to pass as quickly as possible.
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+You want to get your application into a working state, whether that's hard-coding some values, focusing on the happy path implementation, holding off on implementing design patterns, or something else - you just want the code to work, even if it's a "bad" solution.
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+Once it's working, you can refactor it into a good solution.