chris clarke
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Red, Green, Cup of Tea
May 2, 2007 on 8:55 pm | In Continuous Integration, Testing, Refactoring |I like the Red Green Refactor pattern - write a failing test, make the test go green and then refactor the code. However, I’ve found recently that refactor doesn’t necessarily mean make the code tidier or improve the design to some people. To some people it just means change some existing code. 
So I invented (by accident) the Red Green Cup of Tea pattern - write a failing test, make the test go green, and go and make a cup of tea whilst the build runs. I’ve found that whilst making a cup of tea, my pair and I can reflect on what we’ve just done and often find we weren’t 100% happy with what we just did. We then set our cups of tea back down on the desk and Refactor the code.
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Red, Green, Cup of Tea
May 2, 2007 on 8:55 pm | In Continuous Integration, Testing, Refactoring |I like the Red Green Refactor pattern - write a failing test, make the test go green and then refactor the code. However, I’ve found recently that refactor doesn’t necessarily mean make the code tidier or improve the design to some people. To some people it just means change some existing code.
So I invented (by accident) the Red Green Cup of Tea pattern - write a failing test, make the test go green, and go and make a cup of tea whilst the build runs. I’ve found that whilst making a cup of tea, my pair and I can reflect on what we’ve just done and often find we weren’t 100% happy with what we just did. We then set our cups of tea back down on the desk and Refactor the code.
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