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Book Review: Test Driven Development By Example (Kent Beck)

GitHub I have coded the examples and both are available in GitHub.   Money  and xUnit  Delayed... I am recalling this after a few weeks finishing the book (I should've done this immediately so my memory is hazy, but the code examples should attest to the fact I have read it, if my descriptions of the text are a little ambiguous)  I have read this book on a number of occasions previously, in reference form and once all the way through,  but hadn't worked through the examples in  a code editor.  I think, for real value, you have to  code the examples, after a while it does feel like you are actually pairing, like others who have reviewed this though, I think the humour leaves a bit to be desired but its not too distracting! I have been TDDing for a while but this was a good refresher and reminded me of the maxims and techniques "fake it till you make it",  "obvious implementation" and "triangulation". There are also some nice "red" and &quo