Comments on: TDD via Tic-Tac-Toe https://www.robg3d.com/2013/12/tdd-via-tic-tac-toe/ Blog of Rob Galanakis (@robgalanakis) Thu, 09 Jan 2014 09:04:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.1 By: Rob Galanakis https://www.robg3d.com/2013/12/tdd-via-tic-tac-toe/#comment-227988 Thu, 09 Jan 2014 09:04:44 +0000 http://www.robg3d.com/?p=1169#comment-227988 In reply to Tomek.

Thanks Tomek, the pager example is good but I worry it’s too simple. Especially in Python and other expressive, high level languages. But it is certainly a good first step. I’ve also taught TDD with the Game of Life and while it wasn’t bad, the main problem was that it is just an algorithm. It means the tests can easily just become ‘acceptance tests,’ losing the point of the TDD process. I also ran into this problem with the Tic Tac Toe AI lesson I used. I find it more illustrative to have a simpler algorithm but also more rules and edge cases.

]]> By: Tomek https://www.robg3d.com/2013/12/tdd-via-tic-tac-toe/#comment-227987 Wed, 08 Jan 2014 15:16:04 +0000 http://www.robg3d.com/?p=1169#comment-227987 Hi Rob, thanks for this idea. I have to say I like it. Tic-Tac-Toe is so much simpler than Convey’s game of life, which is used during code retread. I believe you are right – this is a good exercise for TDD novices.

Some time ago while looking for ideas for TDDs trainings I had the one about “pager”, see http://kaczanowscy.pl/tomek/2013-04/code-kata-pager – I think you might find it interesting.

Cheers!

]]>