---
title: "Another one gets test-infected"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2005/3/1/another-one-gets-test-infected.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2005/3/1/another-one-gets-test-infected.html"
published: "2005-03-01T22:33:00"
updated: "2005-03-01T22:33:00"
tags: ["Agile Related"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Chris McKenzie's blog has a post about his first experience with Test Driven Development on an existing ASP>NET project. I suggest you go read it , because when was the last time you have uttered the sentence: \"I am so…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
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# Another one gets test-infected

By Roy Osherove March 1, 2005 In [Agile Related](https://osherove.com/blog/category/agile-related)

**Historical article** · Originally published March 1, 2005; technical details may be outdated.

[Chris McKenzie's](https://osherove.com/taganov/) blog has a [post](http://weblogs.asp.net/taganov/archive/2005/03/01/382687.aspx) about his first experience with Test Driven Development on an existing ASP>NET project. [I suggest you go read it](http://weblogs.asp.net/taganov/archive/2005/03/01/382687.aspx), because when was the last time you have uttered the sentence:

**_"I am so looking forward to new enhancements on these old projects I inherited."_**

## More in Agile Related

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- Mar 5, 2005

    ### [Do you have a pre-built version of Mock++ handy?](https://osherove.com/blog/2005/3/5/do-you-have-a-pre-built-version-of-mock-handy.html)

- Feb 27, 2005

    ### [Response to the test generation "bug" I posted about](https://osherove.com/blog/2005/2/27/response-to-the-test-generation-quotbugquot-i-posted-about.html)

- Feb 26, 2005

    ### [How big organizations (surprisingly) always advocated test driven development](https://osherove.com/blog/2005/2/26/how-big-organizations-surprisingly-always-advocated-test-dri.html)


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## About the author

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