It is not uncommon to oppose the empirical process of TDD, together with its heavy use of unit tests, to the more mathematically based techniques, with the »formal methods » and formal verification at the other end of the spectrum. However I experienced again recently that the process of TDD can indeed help discover and draw upon [...]
Patterns as another kind of types
sept 3rd, 2009
Patterns represent a couple (intent, solution), where the intent matters most. Based on that intents, that can be generic or specialized, I propose to consider patterns like types in languages with strong typing, for the compiler to enforce their constraints. Declaring patterns: what for? Consider the very simple Quantity pattern from Analysis Patterns (Fowler): Represent [...]
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