Code Driven Testing

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Introduction

Okay, I admit the title is a bit of a poke at the hype surrounding “Test driving coding,” but at the same time, this is a serious article about a serious technique that I use but hadn’t given a name until recently. I have done this literally since the first program I wrote, and I will bet many of you also have. I write a block of code, then I call it. With interpreted languages, it was easy, just hit run…