Coplien and Martin Debate TDD, CDD and Professionalism

Summary
Debate sprang up at JAOO '07 around Bob Martin's assertion that "nowadays it is irresponsible for a developer to ship a line of code he has not executed in a unit test." In this InfoQ video, he debated with Jim Coplien on this and other topics, including Design by Contract vs. TDD and how much up-front architecture is needed to keep a system consistent with the business domain model.

Bio
Bob Martin is an Agile Manifesto author, and author of books on Agile Programming, XP, UML, O-O Programming, and C++. He is CEO and president of Object Mentor www.objectmentor.com/ Jim Coplien is a software pioneer in o-o programming and C++ and multi-paradigm design. He appreciates the human side of design, and has written critically acclaimed books on design and development.