i googled 'TDD' followed the link to Wikipedia (automatically assumed this is what he meant) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test-driven_development
*thanks for the clarification* Martin ______________________________________________ Disclaimer and confidentiality note This message is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, we kindly ask you to please inform the sender. Any unauthorised dissemination or copying hereof is prohibited. This message serves for information purposes only and shall not have any legally binding effect. Given that e-mails can easily be subject to manipulation, we can not accept any liability for the content provided. > Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:38:29 +0100 > Subject: Re: job announcement - Software Architect > From: rosenberg.l...@googlemail.com > To: users@tomcat.apache.org > > On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Gregor Schneider > <rc4...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > Martin, > > > > On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 9:50 PM, Martin Gainty <mgai...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> test driven means if I create a component as a developer I need to install > >> a JUnit testcase that will test the requisite function > >> > > > > Actually there's a bit more behind it. > > Usually, you start to design an application starting with some > > UseCases, Sequenz-Diagrams, Action-Diagrams, Class-Diagrams etc. So > > basically you have a MDA (Modell Driven Architecture) reflecting / > > incooperating *all* business-requirements (hopefully...) > > > > When Using TDD, all of that is left behind. The flow of activity is like > > - analyse the problem / requirement > > - write a test reflecting the requirement > > - code something on which the test will not fail > > You are describing Test Driven DEVELOPMENT. The original post included > Test Driven _DESIGN_. > > Since the main criticism of TDD usually goes into the lack of Design, > I was really interested how they managed to come around this problem > and probably came out with a new methodology. Otherwise one have to > assume that the OP was just using Buzzwords he found to sound cool > without understanding what they actually mean. > > regards > Leon > > Btw, what you were describing is the general OOD which doesn't imply a > Model Driven Architecture (they invented UML before they trademarked > MDD). > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > _________________________________________________________________ Internet Explorer 8 – Now Available. Faster, safer, easier. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/141323790/direct/01/