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TDD with GitHub Copilot

Martin Fowler

At Thoughtworks, we are strong practitioners of Test Driven Development (TDD). Paul Sobocinski writes a brief memo explaining how some of our teams have used TDD with GitHub Copilot. Naturally this leads to the question of how generative AI can help with this technique.

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TDD saved the day

Xebia

To tackle each operation, I started with a small test, following the principles of Test-Driven Development (TDD). As an aside, TDD is an iterative workflow that involves describing a specific aspect you want to solve in terms of the programming language you’re using. Truly, TDD saved the day!

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TDD is not about testing

Xebia

Test-driven development (TDD) has been around for more than 20 years. Many people think of TDD as a methodology for testing because of its name. If you dislike testing, why would you bother with TDD? TDD is not about testing at all. TDD is about design and early feedback. The result seems obvious. The real value.

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TDD is not about testing

Xebia

Test-driven development (TDD) has been around for more than 20 years. Many people think of TDD as a methodology for testing because of its name. If you dislike testing, why would you bother with TDD? TDD is not about testing at all. TDD is about design and early feedback. The result seems obvious. The real value.

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Team Leadership in the Age of Agile

Speaker: Roy Osherove, Technology and Leadership Consultant

To do this, you've learned a wide variety of techniques and methodologies - SCRUM, Kanban, TDD, DevOps, self-organized teams, and much more. As a senior software leader, you spend much of your time trying to optimize your team's performance – from increasing delivery rate and velocity to reducing defect rates and waste.

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The Economics of TDD

Dzone - DevOps

From a management standpoint, Test-Driven Development (TDD) can be a difficult sell. Tempting as it is to cut testing in order to reach the next milestone in the project, it is a mistake because, as we’ll see, TDD can help us accelerate development and reduce costs over a project’s lifecycle.

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Article: How to Spread Technical Practices Like TDD in an Organization

InfoQ Culture Methods

One of the success factors for Agile and DevOps is developers changing the way they work and adopting practices like Test-Driven Development (TDD). It’s not something that just happens by itself, and many of the “usual” ways of introducing change fail for TDD.