# IT:AD:Design:Technical:Patterns/Contract First Development Strategy #



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>"If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six sharpening the axe" 

Abraham Lincoln


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_by_contract


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## Resources ##

* [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ee335699.aspx](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ee335699.aspx)