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Tests are code too
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This is why you write the test before the code. You write the test to make sure something fails, then you write the code to make it pass. Then you repeat this until all your behaviors are captured in code. It’s called TDD
But, full marks for writing tests in the first place
That supposes to have a clear idea of what you're going to code. Otherwise, it's a lot of time wasted to constantly rewrite both the code and tests as you better understand how you're going to solve the task while trying. I guess it works for very narrowed tasks rather than opened problems.
100%. TDD is just not practicably applicable to a lot of scenarios and I wish evangelists were clearer on that detail.
You could replace "TDD" with pretty much any fixed methodology and be completely accurate.