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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

Speed It has a different architecture that doesn’t utilize a web driver and therefore is faster, also Cypress is written with JavaScript which is native to browsers where it executes. Because of its architecture, it’s hard to create simple, quick tests. It has a mature online community. and as Cypress is shipped with npm module.

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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. It is mainly used to produce a stable architecture design. Test-Driven Development ?—?TDD Rational Unified Process ?—?Developed

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