Test Driven Development (A cure for Refactor-phobia)#
There is an entire C# application running at
CritiqueWheel.com that I have been dreading
revisiting. It needs it, but it’s my first major app with no prior programming
experience. So it’s a mess. The mere though of refactoring it scares me.
Thankfully I have gotten to a place where I happy enough with syntax use in
Python to start exploring TDD, test driven development. And so far it has
been a revelation and a complete rethinking of my fear or refactoring.
Served with a pinch of beginner’s salt.#
I’m working through a series of examples/projects that focus on TDD and
I gotta say the red, green, refactor methodology is such a crutch when
developing the code. The simple satisfaction of going through the process
in an iterative fashion, knowing that I can either revert to a previous commit with
a working test, or ‘know’ when my code is passing, is a great boost to my
confidence.
It has to an extend brought back some of the fun.
TDD resources#
This is where I caught the TDD bug, Learn Python with Test-driven
Development and TDD Full
Course (Learn Test Driven Development with Python) is where I’m practicing to take it a little further.
Refactoring here I come#
Once I have a clear enough understanding of the process and feel I can do it
comfortably, I’ll be heading back to C# to put it all in action. There is
however a lingering doubt that maybe the CritiqueWheel should be a python
project… #TODO