March 30, 2004

Adriaan Brae Comments on TDD Postings

TDD developer Adriaan Brae writes:

    "I think the separation of tests into 'generative'
    and 'elaborative' is a very good concept. I can
    definately feel the difference myself.

    I like the generative tests much better - they are
    part of the creative process. I find elaborative
    tests much harder to write. This is probably
    because I lack some of the QA skills you were talking
    about in your Article about test pairing with developers.
    It sounds like that would be an excellent learning
    experience. I think it would be great to spend,
    say, 1-2 hours a week pair testing.

    I am thinking it would be good to keep the pair
    testing times short. This would allow for
    cross-training, but also require that each
    individual go back and implement that training alone.
    Longer times pairing might end up with each side
    dependant on the other for ideas."


(posted with permission)

Posted by jonathankohl at March 30, 2004 05:47 AM