September 5, 2002
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We’re often afraid that if we don’t do enough design up front, our program may bog down and become hard to maintain. This will cause expensive rework, or worse, project cancellation. Simple design with refactoring isn’t rework. You may proceed without fear.
At the Agile Developer Skills course at the Raikes School, I commented that we don’t usually test accessors. But we test everything. Is this a contradiction?
Jon Bettinger has found a failing test! Excellent!
My critiXXXXX advisors expected a more function-oriented solution. Here’s something a bit better, perhaps …