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title: >
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Getting to green
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pubDate: 2023-05-05
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permalink: >-
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archive/2023/05/05/getting-to-green
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- automated-testing
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- testing
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- test-driven development
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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.
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Even if that means returning a hard-coded value.
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Once the test passes, it or the code it's testing can be refactored.
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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.
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