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AoAD2 Practice: Test-Driven Development

James Shore

Test-driven development, , or TDD, is a rapid cycle of testing, coding, and refactoring. Done well, TDD eliminates an entire class of programming errors. When used properly, TDD also helps you improve your design, documents the behavior of your code, enables refactoring, and guards against future mistakes. Why TDD Works.

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Cypress: a new generation of end-to-end testing

Perficient

Selenium is aimed more at QA automation specialists, while Cypress is aimed merely at developers to improve TDD efficiency. Selenium was introduced in 2004, so it has more ecosystem support than Cypress, which was developed in 2015 and continues to expand. It has a mature online community. and as Cypress is shipped with npm module.

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AoAD2 Practice: Feature Toggles

James Shore

Kent Beck calls it a “Keystone” [Beck 2004] (p. TDD isn’t perfect, after all. They can even be set up to release the software in waves, or to limit releases to certain types of users. Strictly speaking, the simplest type of feature toggle isn’t a feature toggle at all. It’s easy: when working on something new, wire up the UI last.

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AoAD2 Practice: Feature Flags

James Shore

Beck 2004] (p. TDD isn’t perfect, after all. They can even be set up to release the software in waves, or to limit releases to certain types of users. Strictly speaking, the simplest type of feature flag isn’t a feature flag at all. Kent Beck calls it a “Keystone.” 69) It’s easy: when working on something new, wire up the UI last.

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No Fighting In This (Agile) Dojo with M. David Green

Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

Maybe you’re a software manager, and you say, “Man, I’ve been trying to get my developers to do TDD for years. David: Well, I think the first question I would ask a manager in that position is why do you want your engineers to do TDD? And it’s so spotty, I’m not happy with it, they resisted. Maybe a dojo is right for me.”

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Agile vs Waterfall: Key Differences And Definition?—?Which Model Is Better?

Codegiant

TDD encourages you to write automated code first and then develop just-enough code in order to pass the test later. TDD was introduced by Kent Beck , who is also one of the XP model creators. Created by Eric Evans in 2004, the DDD approach focuses on solving complex tasks and issues through iterations. Agile Unified Process ?—?AUP

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Wardley Mapping Mondays – Communication

Cory Foy

November 2004. All posts Copyright 2004-2018 © Cory Foy, LLC. January 2006. December 2005. November 2005. October 2005. September 2005. August 2005. April 2005. March 2005. February 2005. January 2005. Doodles.net. Certification. Conference. Design Patterns. Estimation. fasterfridays. Innovation Games. Programming. Retrospective.