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Test-driven development

Test-driven development (TDD) is a way to write source code that involves writing an automated unit-level test case that fails, then writing just enough code to make the test pass, then refactoring both the test code and the production code, then repeating with another new test case.

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Coding cycle

Test-driven work

Development style

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Software for TDD

TDD for complex systems

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Test-driven development

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related to TDD and ATDD · 4
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