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One of the things I like about the TDD experience is it assumes you're not a 'strong enough programmer' and works with your failings. If you're the perfect OO programmer who has memorized all APIs, TDD is worthless, because you can just bang out code the first time correctly. If you write perfect code, why bother exercising your code first in tests when you write it correctly the first time, every time?

For me, it helps. I'm going to go out on a limb and say it will help you too.

If you haven't tried TDD, I'd recommend attempting it at least once, maybe try running through a simple problem with a partner or at a coding dojo.




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