May 2018
Intermediate to advanced
816 pages
22h 53m
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We never have enough time for testing, so let’s just write the test first.
—Kent Beck
Test-First is a Built-In Quality practice derived from Extreme Programming (XP) that recommends building tests before writing code to improve delivery by focusing on the intended results.
Agile testing differs from the big-bang, deferred testing approach of traditional development. Instead, the code is developed and tested in small increments, often with the development of the test done ahead of writing the code. This way, tests help elaborate and better define the intended system behavior even before the system is coded. Quality is built in from the ...
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