How Effective Is Test-Driven Development?

Summary

Test-Driven Development is one of the most referenced, yet least used agile practices in industry and its neglect is due mostly to a lack of understanding of its effects on people, processes, and products.

Keywords

Test-driven development, Programmer, Agile software development, Test (biology), Computer science

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Test-Driven Development by ExampleKent Beck — 2002
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