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title: >
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Is test-driven development difficult?
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pubDate: 2023-10-08
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permalink: >-
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archive/2023/10/08/is-test-driven-development-difficult
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tags:
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- software-development
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- automated-testing
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- test-driven-development
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- continuous-integration
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- trunk-based-development
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I recently read a post where the writer said automated testing, test-driven development, continuous integration, trunk-based development, etc, are difficult.
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I'm familiar with them and have been using them for some time, but I think trunk-based development is easier as there's only a single branch instead of many.
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Continuous integration is pulling everyone else's code at least once daily and pushing yours to ensure it doesn't conflict.
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Test-driven development is writing failing tests before any implementation code and refactoring once it passes.
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I don't think these are technically difficult, but they do require an open mind, a willingness to learn, evaluate and consider alternative approaches and, in some cases, change existing behaviour.
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Change can be the difficult part, not which brand you commit to, how often you push your code or when you write your tests.
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