TDD vs Testing as an Afterthought

TDD - Test Driven Development.

It is an excellent approach but very few organizations manage to implement it. It requires a lot of discipline both by the development team and by the management.

Testing as an afterthought

This is what happens in most of the organizations. Even in start-ups. They want to develop the product as fast as possible and they cut corners where possible.

After a while you reach the point where

• There is an existing product (service).
• It mostly works (otherwise noone would care).
• It is written in a way that is hard to test.