Had I to guess, and I've had other of us first-generation
graybeards guess, too, with similar response: I'd guess that?TDD as a
practice has well under 1% mindshare. Very bad test-after is the trade
norm these days.
I assent.
Russell Gold--As far as "reaching the rest:" I'm not sure, but here's
what will always be an uphill (and losing) battle:
- teach people a programming language but let them figure out their own
approach for how to put solutions together with code
- let them run wild with their homegrown skillz, building production
software for any number of years, with few agreed-upon standards and
minimal emphasis on quality and collaboration
- later tell them "you're doing it all wrong" and expect them to change
their ingrained habits.
Way back when, I put my hand into an attempt to get the habituation
started out of the gate. No one else came along.
Across a couple decades+ of teaching TDD, perhaps the best class I ever
had was one complete full of developers with exactly 3 months of
professional experience.
Cheers,
Jeff
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