Martin Fowler

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Test-Driven Development (TDD) is a technique for building software that guides software development by writing tests. It was developed by Kent Beck in the late 1990's as part of Extreme Programming. Write the functional code until the test passes. Write the functional code until the test passes.

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Henrik Warne

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

I like to use Test-Driven Development (TDD) when coding. However, in some circumstances, TDD is more of a hinderance than a help. Last week, I came across examples of where I developed new functionality without using TDD. Even though the tests were added later, the TDD mindset is still helpful.

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Coding Dojo

JANUARY 9, 2023

It’s inevitable for mistakes to happen during the software development lifecycle – developers are human and everybody makes mistakes. While you may not be able to completely … What Is Test-Driven Development? TDD Guide For Beginners Read More ». TDD Guide For Beginners Read More ».

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Xebia

JANUARY 27, 2024

One such initiative involves developing a toolset for assessing a customer’s situation. However, the purpose of this blog is not just to describe the toolset, but to share our development approach and some valuable lessons I (re)learned along the way. This typically concludes with the removal of the original code.

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Henrik Warne

JUNE 19, 2022

I recently finished Effective Software Testing – A Developer’s Guide by Maurício Aniche , and I really liked it. I have been coding for a long time and I think I have been writing pretty good tests for the features I have implemented. He has also worked for several years as a developer.

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The Programmer's Paradox

MARCH 16, 2023

It all has to be very reactive; you keep fiddling with the code until it gets traction. Under those conditions, it doesn’t make sense to cross all the t’s and dot the i’s as the life expectancy of the code is weeks or months. A big problem in development, particularly when a lot of people are introverts, is communication.

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Habitable Code

AUGUST 19, 2022

Back in 2014 I wrote a blog post listing three mistakes often made by folks who are new to test-driven development (TDD). Writing a dozen or more lines of code to get to GREEN. We’re doing TDD, but we have no code to test; we have nothing to hang our first test on, so we need to invent something, fast!

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Habitable Code

AUGUST 12, 2022

Back in 2014 I wrote a blog post listing three mistakes often made by folks who are new to test-driven development (TDD). Each time I visit a team that is relatively new to TDD I find the same basic mistakes cropping up every time. Writing a dozen or more lines of code to get to GREEN. This is part 1.

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Habitable Code

AUGUST 26, 2022

Back in 2014 I wrote a blog post listing three mistakes often made by folks who are new to test-driven development (TDD). Writing a dozen or more lines of code to get to GREEN. It is also not TDD. Or secondly, there is probably a lot of coupling between the code and the existing tests.

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DevOps.com

OCTOBER 3, 2019

After all, making unit testing a standard practice in a company’s software development process is probably the […]. The post TDD, Unit Testing and the Mainframe appeared first on DevOps.com. I wish I could say it’s otherwise.

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CircleCI

APRIL 25, 2019

In this post, I’m going to cover two methods for software development that take testing into consideration at the outset: test-driven development (TDD) and behavior-driven development (BDD).

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Net Objectives

MAY 16, 2019

TDD is a powerful way to develop new code. However, most organizations have significant existing code that was not developed this way. This “legacy code” is often difficult to test because it was not designed to be testable in the first place.

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James Shore

APRIL 13, 2022

Test-Driven Development is one of the few truly new Agile ideas. Originally created by Kent Beck as part of Extreme Programming, it’s a fantastic way of making sure your code does what you intended it to do. It’s not perfect, but it’s a powerful tool for creating robust and reliable software. Test-Driven Development. ??

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Apiumhub

AUGUST 16, 2018

After a while thinking about what type of TDD article to write about and, since there are many of them and very good theoretical ones (written by influencers in the world of software development), I have chosen to develop a mini-project while explaining the key points of the development of the application, basically giving you a TDD example.

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Apiumhub

AUGUST 30, 2018

Let’s continue with our series of TDD articles, in the first part we looked at the theory behind the TDD and Unit Testing. In this second part, TDD First Cycle , we begin to develop our application, an application of notes where a user can write notes and everything that comes to our mind. TDD First Cycle.

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Apiumhub

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Last month we talked about TDD example in software development ( part 1 ) and TDD first cycle ( part 2 ). In this new TDD and primitive obsession article, we will focus on removing duplication and reinforcing the constructors of our entities, something key to have a robust system. TDD: primitive obsession.

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Net Objectives

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

It’s not unusual these days for development organizations to adopt a code coverage requirement. This is usually expressed as a percentage: at least X% of all code developed must be covered by tests.

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StubHub

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

During my years as developer, I have faced several troubles in production due to bugs. For me, this is a huge problem because I love to sleep, and I cannot sleep well if I have doubts about the quality of my code. My first step in the testing world was doing tests after the code.

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Honeycomb

JUNE 21, 2023

In the past, we have proposed observability-driven development as a way to maximize your observability and supercharge your development process. But I have a problem with the terminology, and it is: I don’t want observability to drive your development. What is observability-driven development? Not to the data.

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Agile Alliance

APRIL 6, 2022

Samman is a method for people who want to make a difference and improve the way software is built. The focus is specifically on technical practices and how people write code, and it's the best way I know to help software developers to adopt practices like TDD and Refactoring.

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Apiumhub

MARCH 30, 2023

Custom software development plays an important role in taking your project to the next level. Custom software development gives your business the flexibility and compatibility to scale up or down and tailor it to your needs. The alternative, off-the-shelf software could be inefficient or inadequate.

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Net Objectives

APRIL 2, 2019

When TDD was first suggested, there were many who were dubious about the wisdom of having developers write tests of their own code. Among the objections raised was that developers will slow down if you burden them with new tasks, namely writing the tests as well as the code. This seems logical.

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Net Objectives

APRIL 4, 2019

Developers often remark that the tests may contain the same algorithms that the production code does. This feels like redundancy and makes them wonder if TDD is promoting bad practices. The code would contain something like this: return (F - 32) * 5/9; The test might contain … Continue reading "TDD Replicating Algorithms".

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Dzone - DevOps

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Without knowing the solution, is TDD worth it? I like to use Test-Driven Development (TDD) when coding. However, in some circumstances, TDD is more of a hinderance than a help. You may also enjoy: Should We Always Use TDD to Design? This happens when how to solve the problem is not clear.

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Honeycomb

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Our industry is in the early days of an explosion in software using LLMs, as well as (separately, but relatedly) a revolution in how engineers write and run code, thanks to generative AI. In theory , all software is debuggable. There is a much longer list of things that make software less than 100% debuggable in practice.

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OverOps

JULY 15, 2019

Good news if you’re a developer! The 11 th annual Kansas City Developer Conference is just around the corner , on July 18 th and 19 th at the Kansas City Convention Center in downtown Kansas City (with a pre-conference workshop day on July 17 th ). Building Quality JavaScript With Test-Driven Development.

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Dzone - DevOps

MARCH 27, 2023

In a Nutshell We instinctively equate programming with writing code. Because of it, we focus primarily on code design and creation skills: mastering languages and frameworks, clean code, design patterns, TDD, and architecture. But creating new code is only a fraction of what we do every day.

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Honeycomb

JUNE 23, 2020

The most successful software development movement of my lifetime is probably test-driven development or TDD. With TDD, requirements are turned into very specific test cases, then the code is improved so the tests pass. That step is observability driven development. Using TDD to Drive Better Code.

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James Shore

MARCH 29, 2021

This is a pre-release excerpt of The Art of Agile Development, Second Edition , to be published by O’Reilly in 2021. Visit the Second Edition home page for information about the open development process, additional excerpts, and more. To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. Test-Driven Development.

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Net Objectives

APRIL 19, 2019

One controversy in software development is the relative value of strong, static typing (as in compiled languages like Java) vs. dynamic typing (as seen in interpreted languages like JavaScript).

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Net Objectives

MARCH 29, 2019

Exceptions in software represent a mechanism for raising an alarm when something goes wrong. They are used when there is a potential problem that cannot be detected by the compiler, linker, or other automated aspect of the development process, and thus may potentially make it into the released product.

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OverOps

MARCH 30, 2020

The move to innovate at speed and scale is stressing software quality and exposing the limitations of testing. Don’t get me wrong – testing in all its forms is inseparable from the software delivery supply chain. Over a decade ago, when Test-Driven Development (TDD) was introduced, it promised to improve productivity and quality.

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Apiumhub

JULY 1, 2021

We are continuing with our interview series ( previously we had interviewed Diego Ojeda – Android Lead at Apiumhub and Serhii Zabolennyi – QA Automation engineer at Apiumhub ) and today we have a Backend interview with Javier Gomez – backend developer at Apiumhub. Interview with Javier Gomez – Backend developer at Apiumhub.

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Net Objectives

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The time to find that out is before you start development. TDD tells us what we do not know. Imagine you are developing the software for a casino’s poker slot machine … Continue reading "TDD Tells Us What is not Known". You cannot meaningfully test that which you do not adequately understand.

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MagmaLabs

AUGUST 26, 2021

Reading Time: 11 minutes Nowadays it is relatively easy to become a software developer, but being a truly professional one is not that simple. Learn here how to be the developer that every company and every client wants to have. Being a professional developer is crucial in the software industry. Context first.

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TechBeacon

JUNE 8, 2021

Most developers believe in the value of unit tests, even if they don't always like writing them. Most of them are okay with writing unit tests while doing new development work or practicing test-driven development (TDD), but it's easy to be disciplined with greenfield development.

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Apiumhub

JUNE 13, 2023

We are excited to introduce our new initiative “Talks with Software Development Experts,” a space in which we interview software developers and leaders in the industry to get to know more about their careers, initiatives, interests, and opinions on various topics related to the tech industry.

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