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From: Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Concrete classes considered harmful
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 08:52:14 +1200
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Richard wrote:
>
> Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> spake the secret code
> <d0e7trFmf76U3@mid.individual.net> thusly:
>
>> I agree.  No one who uses TDD writes brain-dead isolated tests.
>
> I'm not sure what it means for a test to be "brain-dead isolated".
>
> However, there are plenty of times when I've started with tests and
> gotten to a good design without designing up-front any interfaces or
> abstractions explicitly.  Did I have an idea of where I wanted to go
> in my head?  Sure, but I didn't write it down as a "design document".

I've been down the same path many times, especially what doing XP for 
one..  In bigger projects some minimal up-front interface design is 
necessary.

-- 
Ian Collins