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AoAD2 Practice: Test-Driven Development

James Shore

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. Test-driven development applies the same principle to programmers’ intention.

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What Is Test-Driven Development and Why It’s Important

Dzone - DevOps

One of the most essential steps of any software development project is testing. But when should software undergo testing? It seems logical to test the project when it is completed. However, the power of the classic test procedure is limited.

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Why Dumb Tests are Smart ?

Xebia

Writing tests that help evolve a system is hard, and you get there by avoiding smart tests while preferring dumb ones. The Paradox of Smart Tests Smart is always better than dumb, isn’t it? This time we’ll look at the paradox that dumb programmer tests are superior to smart ones. Let’s dive in.

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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. Fast, reliable tests are a game changer.

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Developer Testing

Henrik Warne

I recently found out about the book Developer Testing – Building Quality Into Software by Alexander Tarlinder , and I immediately wanted to read it. Even though I am a developer at heart, I have always been interested in software testing (I even worked as a tester for two years). What ILiked The Most.

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Introduction to database testing

CircleCI

What better way to determine that than to set up a system to test the database to ascertain its capabilities? What is database testing? We have looked at testing code and also how to properly test APIs , but what about the data layer of our application? What is database testing all about? What should I test?

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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. 9001, 14001, 27001, 22301), but they all use similar strategies to handle risks. This provides very high coverage but requires more effort during development. . Designing your quality strategy .