--- title: Why you need TDD | daily.dev description: TDD is the fastest and safest way to write code and it helps manage complexity, minimizes debugging, and provides 100% code and behavior coverage. It is... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/why-you-need-tdd-mimyhgrl6 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Why you need TDD | daily.dev og:description: TDD is the fastest and safest way to write code and it helps manage complexity, minimizes debugging, and provides 100% code and behavior coverage. It is... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-you-need-tdd-mimyhgrl6 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/mImyhGrL6.png og:image:alt: Why you need TDD og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Why you need TDD **[Substack](https://daily.dev/sources/substack)** · 4 min read · 27 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary TDD is the fastest and safest way to write code and it helps manage complexity, minimizes debugging, and provides 100% code and behavior coverage. It is advocated by top engineers in the industry. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@davym242** · 0 upvotes > Thanks to share this mindset --- Tags: [#testing](https://daily.dev/tags/testing), [#tdd](https://daily.dev/tags/tdd) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/why-you-need-tdd-mimyhgrl6) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Why you need TDD","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-you-need-tdd-mimyhgrl6","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-you-need-tdd-mimyhgrl6"},"datePublished":"2024-05-12T16:23:00.445Z","dateModified":"2024-05-12T16:22:58.311Z","description":"TDD is the fastest and safest way to write code and it helps manage complexity, minimizes debugging, and provides 100% code and behavior coverage. It is...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/9a3537c2580d78a37c3707323af0e5dc?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/9a3537c2580d78a37c3707323af0e5dc?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Substack","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Substack","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--KFqxX_OL--/f_auto,t_logo/v1698154293/logos/substack.jpg","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/substack"},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-you-need-tdd-mimyhgrl6","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":27},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"testing,tdd","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Substack","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/substack"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Why you need TDD"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-you-need-tdd-mimyhgrl6","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Thanks to share this mindset","datePublished":"2024-08-07T08:00:51.428Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/mImyhGrL6#c-0qBxKcCW7","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Davy","url":"https://daily.dev/davym242","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--v66bVlAD--/f_auto/v1751537974/avatars/avatar_lBu8VCAxPduu5ftqW3tAR?_a=BAMClqZW0"}}]} ```