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Summary Motley: Refactoring keeps my design clean from the start, so no more up-front design! Maven: Up-front design is still necessary to achieve clarity on the overall approach (preventing rework later) and needs to be documented to allow others to
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Summary Motley: To get high code coverage, we should be testing both public and private methods Maven: Only test public methods. Testing private methods gets in the way of refactoring ______________________________ [Context: Maven checks in on Motley's
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Summary Motley: Refactoring takes too much time - I have to ship you know! Maven: Refactoring leads to much more maintainable code, and if you have tests in place, the return on investment far outweighs the cost. ______________________________ [Context:
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Summary Motley: You can't possibly write tests before code - there's nothing to test. Maven: Writing tests for a method before coding it has all kinds of design advantages. ______________________________ [Context: Motley has been writing unit tests for
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