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AoAD2 Practice: Test-Driven Development

James Shore

To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. Test-Driven Development. It’s test-driven development, and it actually delivers these results. Test-driven development, , or TDD, is a rapid cycle of testing, coding, and refactoring. Why TDD Works.

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A Next Step Beyond Test Driven Development

Honeycomb

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.

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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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Quality Management is Risk Management

Xebia

You want to know how well your product performs to prevent customers from walking away. You want to have insights into your operational performance to prevent going bankrupt. Avoid : This is the most severe of the risk treatment options, and requires organizations to stop performing any tasks or processes that pose a risk.

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Code analysis tool AppMap wants to become Google Maps for developers

TechCrunch

The 10/10-rated Log4Shell flaw in Log4j, an open source logging software that’s found practically everywhere, from online games to enterprise software and cloud data centers, claimed numerous victims from Adobe and Cloudflare to Twitter and Minecraft due to its ubiquitous presence.

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Don't Measure Unit Test Code Coverage

James Shore

If you're using test-driven development, don't measure unit test code coverage. To improve code and test practices. If you're trying to improve "non-functional" qualities such as reliability or performance, use a mix of real-world monitoring, fail-fast code , and specialized testbeds.

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Improve User Story Acceptance Criteria with Behavior-Driven Development (BDD)

Gorilla Logic

You can make your user stories stronger with techniques from behavior-driven development (BDD). In this article, I’ll describe BDD and how you can use it to improve your user stories, which will help improve developer performance, reduce rework, and increase end-user satisfaction. . What is BDD?