Ask HN: How long did it take you until you became “fluent” in TDD?

1 points by antonkm 7y ago ↗ HN

I've recently gotten an offer for a project where I can pretty much dictate the setup. For my own professional development, I always try to add a new aspect to each project.

This time I'm aiming for 100% code coverage and an app written with TDD methodology.

The process is sooooo slow though. I'm guessing it will speed up after a while, but as it is, I feel I'm losing lots of hours for small gains.

For those of you that always TDD, how long did it take you until you felt that it wasn't holding you back in delivering?

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ternaryoperator 7y ago ↗

100% code coverage is a mirage. Even Kent Beck, who originally popularized TDD, long ago advised against it. What you want is 100% branch coverage of your logic. But spending time writing test for simple getters and setters, for example, is purely wasted time.