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TDD and System Architecture

Net Objectives

When first adopting TDD, developers can run into some roadblocks that seem to indicate that TDD is a difficult process. In truth, some of these problems actually indicate faults in the system architecture.

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Our book “Software Architecture Metrics: Case Studies to Improve the Quality of Your Architecture” is published!

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He began his professional career with a specific interest in object-oriented design issues, with deep studies in code-level and architectural-level design patterns and techniques. He is a principal consultant, focused on sociotechnical systems. From Programmer to Software Architect.

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AoAD2 Practice: Blind Spot Discovery

James Shore

To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. You’ll often do so via the user interface, but you can also use tools to explore APIs and network traffic, and you can also observe hidden parts of the system, such as logs and databases. Artificially slow down your network, or write to a file system with no free space.

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AoAD2 Practice: Incremental Design

James Shore

To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. Next, review the design and make improvements. Again, review the design, simplify, and clarify. As “A TDD Example” on p.XX Refactorings occur every few minutes, during the “Refactoring” step of the TDD cycle. Your feedback is appreciated!

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15 Books by leading software architects

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They range from a general understanding of structure and quality attributes through technical issues like middleware components and service-oriented architectures to recent technologies like model-driven architecture, software product lines, aspect-oriented design, and the Semantic Web, which will presumably influence future software systems.