Friday, July 27, 2007
Book-Driven Development
Watching this Chris Anderson's interview, he explains the new development methodology they are using in the Connected Systems team.
He says they are going beyond Testing-Driven Development (and obviously Behavior-Driven Development), they are not thinking how to test the code they are writing, they are thinking how to write the book that explains the technology while they write it!!!
Really, I don't know if it is true, but it sounds good.
TDD and BDD are based on how your consumer will use your technology, and in this kind of team, their consumers usually read the book while they use the technology. I don't believe you can rigorously follow this methodology, but it could be an interesting principle to have in mind while creating new stuff.
P.S: BTW, he also thinks that WPF is a "tipping point" for model-driven development. May be the start for model-driven user interfaces? Who knows..
Labels: Developers, DSL Tools, TDD, WPF
