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Instead of writing a whole test and then attempting to make it pass, only write enough code to get the test to fail.<\/p>\n\n
This could be by starting with a failing assertion that is fixed with a hard-coded value and then iterating on the test to introduce the next failure before repeating the process.<\/p>\n\n
This allows you to keep the feedback loop small and not write more code than is needed, to focus on the objective of the test, and not code yourself into a corner.<\/p>\n\n ", "format": "full_html", "processed": "\n
Instead of writing a whole test and then attempting to make it pass, only write enough code to get the test to fail.<\/p>\n\n
This could be by starting with a failing assertion that is fixed with a hard-coded value and then iterating on the test to introduce the next failure before repeating the process.<\/p>\n\n
This allows you to keep the feedback loop small and not write more code than is needed, to focus on the objective of the test, and not code yourself into a corner.<\/p>\n\n ", "summary": null } ] }