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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. We produce high-quality code in small, verifiable steps. At best, mistakes lead to code that won’t compile. No wonder, then, that software is buggy. TDD isn’t perfect, of course. Why TDD Works.

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Quality Management is Risk Management

Xebia

In my previous blog I wrote how embracing failure can be a viable strategy , depending on the current quality level. Before we can determine this quality level, we first need to understand what quality is and ask the question “why do we even want quality?”. . Designing your quality strategy .

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Software Outsourcing: Why CEOs Love It

Gorilla Logic

Should you build software in-house or outsource it? To deliver on these critical technology initiatives, companies need a sourcing strategy that balances speed to market and investment. It turns out that access to talented developers may be one of the most challenging pieces of the puzzle. . Let’s talk.

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AoAD2 Practice: Fast, Reliable Tests

James Shore

Fast, Reliable Tests. Our tests don’t get in our way. Test-Driven Development. Teams who embrace test-driven development accumulate thousands of tests. The more tests you have, the more important speed and reliability become. Rely on Narrow Unit Tests. Details here.

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

Gorilla Logic

In Agile development, a user story provides a simplified description of a software feature from an end user perspective. You can make your user stories stronger with techniques from behavior-driven development (BDD). Developers: Pass each of the test scenarios created for each story, and pass all the test scenarios. .

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Here’s Why You Should Write Unit Tests

Modus Create

Software engineers have been testing ever since they could write code. However, the ability to automate software tests commercially emerged only in the 1980s with the introduction of AutoTester. In this article, we will explain why you should write unit tests. . What is Unit Testing?

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Behavior-Driven Development: Pros and Cons, Implementation, and Best Practices

Altexsoft

But, with the right strategy, this overwork can be prevented by improving communication which then helps to remove the bottlenecks to project progress. What is Behavior-Driven Development (BDD)? Behavior-driven development can be defined as a way to synthesize and define practices that stem from test-driven development (TDD).