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The Real Reasons for Doing Test-Driven Development ??

Xebia

Why do people apply TDD? Here’s a secret: it’s not for the tests. Learn about the actual goal and values hidden under the surface of Test-Driven Development. What Are the Real Reasons for Doing TDD? Test-Driven Development (TDD) is a controversial topic amongst developers.

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Agile, Stand-ups, TDD and Code Reviews

The Programmer's Paradox

When the Agile Manifesto came out 20 years ago, I really liked what it said. Startups were quite agile long before the manifesto used that term. Over the decades as I watched the Agile movement mature, I was often fairly vocal about what I thought were mistakes in its direction. Then you are truly agile.

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AoAD2 Practice: Test-Driven Development

James Shore

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. Why TDD Works.

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Extended Role of QA in Test Driven Development (TDD)

Xoriant

TDD is an Agile Development technique in which developers write test cases before writing the corresponding code for the user story assigned to him. Once the code passes the Acceptance test, the code is then refactored /simplified to be used as production code. How TDD is different than others?

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5 Tips for Successfully Implementing Behavior-Driven Development in Your Team

Gorilla Logic

It enhances your existing Agile approach , synthesizing Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Acceptance Test-Driven Development (ATDD). In practice, however, BDD requires a significant shift in philosophy that involves the entire development organization. Net), or Behave (Python).

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Value vs valueable - another aha-moment

Marcusoft

Those are the same word in Swedish, but when I understood the difference a lot of things made sense when it comes to agile and lean stuff. For example; An audit log statement for every action in the system - is too big and will not deliver any value in a long time. Write a test for some functionality that doesn’t exist yet.

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Software Testing and Agile

Coveros

February 2021 marks the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Agile Manifesto. Take a moment to think about where you were in February of 2001—at the inception of the Agile Manifesto. I was with a privately held software engineering firm focused on helping organizations transform their software testing capabilities.