Smallest Possible Increment
Explore the importance of adding the smallest possible code increment for each failing test in Test-Driven Development. Understand how this practice helps build code exactly to test specifications, prevents speculative coding, and promotes faster feedback on defects. Gain skills to implement minimal changes, improving test effectiveness and code quality.
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For each failing test, we should seek to add only the code needed to pass the test so that we add the smallest possible increment.
The mentality
The mentality behind this is to build code exactly to the “specifications” that the test represents. If all the tests ...