Test-Driven Development: A Practical Guide (Original Edition)

Author: (USA) Astels Astels, RON Jeffries Preface
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: Make Test-Driven Development (TDD) Work for You! This book will help developers write simpler, cleaner, and more reliable software—putting it all together: Better! This guide to TDD focuses on real projects, real developers, real implementation challenges, and real code! David Astels, a renowned expert in Agile development, demonstrates the intricacies of TDD by creating a project from scratch using Java and the JUnit test framework. You’ll gain a deep understanding of what "test-first" means, how it works, the challenges involved, and how to put TDD’s promises into practice.
Practical and Actionable! The book is filled with downloadable sample code, exercises, and links to online resources. It introduces powerful TDD tools and techniques—including key JUnit extensions—authored by their creators (Scott Ambler, Tim Bacon, Mike Bowler, Mike Clark, Bryan Dollery, James Newkirk, Bob Payne, Kay Pentacost, and Jens Uwe Pipka).