re-wrote a bit of explanation of red/green/refactor

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Robert Osborne
2009-06-27 19:21:02 -04:00
committed by Marc Peabody
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In test-driven development the mantra has always been, red, green, refactor. Write a
failing test and run it (red), make the test pass (green), then refactor it (that is
look at the code and see if you can make it any better. In this case you will need
to run the koan and see it fail (refactor), make the test pass (green), then take a
moment and reflect upon the test to see what it is teaching you.
to run the koan and see it fail (red), make the test pass (green), then take a
moment and reflect upon the test to see what it is teaching you and improve the
code to better communicate its intent (refactor).
The very first time you run it you will see the following output: