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		natalyarostova on Jan 12, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Goodbye, Clean Code It’s time for TTDD. Start by writing tests for your tests :)

undergrowth54 on Jan 12, 2020 [–]

I do actually do that. I'll write some buggy code in order to learn how to test for it.

TDD for me is primarily a way to guide myself toward accomplishing a goal. So I sometimes write way more tests for myself than the business needs. I will then delete the scaffolding tests before I tag my PR for review.

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