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submitted 3 months ago by cows_are_underrated@feddit.org to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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Its definitely a bad idea writing new code that builds up on your old code, that has not been tested properly, because you quickly have to start debugging multiple layer is code at once.

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[โ€“] socsa@piefed.social 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Test driven development means you write the test case first and then never write any additional tests.

[โ€“] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 1 points 3 months ago

I usually do it thenother way around