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Foreword by Kent Beck
"The authors of this book have led a revolution in the craft of programming by controlling the environment in which software grows." --Ward Cunningham
"At last, a book suffused with code that exposes the deep symbiosis between TDD and OOD. This one's a keeper." --Robert C.…
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1 author picked Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I must admit that the first time I read this book, it completely didn’t resonate with me. Sure, I picked up a couple of very important concepts here and there. One of those concepts is the “Test Data Builder”. However, some of the techniques I completely rejected. It took me a couple of years to start opening up to the practices described in this book. After a second read, I came to the conclusion that this excellent work deserved more credit. That’s why I added it to this list. This book shaped my entire thinking around Outside-In TDD, which is…
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