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In reviewing a book, I was reminded about the Gilded Rose kata.\u00a0\u00a0 It revolves around some legacy code that has no tests.\u00a0\u00a0 You need to make some changes to the code to support a new requirement.\u00a0\u00a0 The kata was created by Bobby Johnson (http:\/\/iamnotmyself.com\/<\/a>) and updated by Emily Bache (http:\/\/coding-is-like-cooking.info\/<\/a>).\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n A detailed explanation of the Gherkin approach is in this PDF.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 An html version is here.<\/a> The code that the PDF references is at https:\/\/github.com\/atdd-bdd\/GildedRose<\/a> .\u00a0\u00a0 There is one function that has not been refactored yet. \u00a0It\u2019s left as an exercise to the reader.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can compare this solution to other solutions to the Gilded Rose kata to see alternative ways to approach this problem.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In reviewing a book, I was reminded about the Gilded Rose kata.\u00a0\u00a0 It revolves around some legacy code that has no tests.\u00a0\u00a0 You need to make some changes to the code to support a new requirement.\u00a0\u00a0 The kata was created by Bobby Johnson (http:\/\/iamnotmyself.com\/) and updated by Emily Bache (http:\/\/coding-is-like-cooking.info\/).\u00a0 \u00a0 A detailed explanation of … Continue reading The Gilded Rose Kata from a Gherkin Perspective<\/span>