“Hello World” - The TDD way?

Question

Well I have been thinking about this for a while, ever since I was introduced to TDD. Which would be the best way to build a \"Hello World\" application ? which would print \"H

Answer 1

You need to hide the Console behind a interface. (This could be considered to be useful anyway)

Write a Test

[TestMethod]
public void HelloWorld_WritesHelloWorldToConsole()
{
  // Arrange
  IConsole consoleMock = MockRepository.CreateMock();

  // primitive injection of the console
  Program.Console = consoleMock;

  // Act
  Program.HelloWorld();

  // Assert
  consoleMock.AssertWasCalled(x => x.WriteLine("Hello World"));
}

Write the program

public static class Program
{
  public static IConsole Console { get; set; }

  // method that does the "logic"
  public static void HelloWorld()
  {
    Console.WriteLine("Hello World");
  }

  // setup real environment
  public static void Main()
  {
    Console = new RealConsoleImplementation();
    HelloWorld();
  }
}

Refactor to something more useful ;-)