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Kent Beck invented TDD while programming in Smalltalk.

You first extend the environment with tests, then add the code to make them green. All without ever having to restart the "program".



I admit the question made me smile, but it's a great question. I found these short videos, that are maybe the shortest possible answer (less than 3 minutes, I just watched them w/o sound, auto-captioned):

Pharo: https://youtu.be/ymITEeAOtEA

Cinecom Smalltalk: https://youtu.be/mXoxfmcDDJM




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