# TDD is dead. Long live testing by David Heinemeier Hansson

> Author: David Heinemeier Hansson Read By: Alfred Nutile Original Source: http://david.heinemeierhansson.com/2014/tdd-is-dead-long-live-testing.html It didn't start out like that. When I first discovered TDD, it was like a courteous invitation to a better

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Date: 2016-01-21

## Author: [David Heinemeier Hansson](https://twitter.com/dhh)

### Read By: [Alfred Nutile](https://twitter.com/alnutile)

### Original Source: [http://david.heinemeierhansson.com/2014/tdd-is-dead-long-live-testing.html](http://david.heinemeierhansson.com/2014/tdd-is-dead-long-live-testing.html)

It didn't start out like that. When I first discovered TDD, it was like a courteous invitation to a better world of writing software. A mind hack to get you going with the practice of testing where no testing had happened before. It opened my eyes to the tranquility of a well-tested code base, and the bliss of confidence it grants those making changes to software.