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Test-Driven Development with Java
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Test-Driven Development with Java

by Alan Mellor
January 2023
Intermediate to advanced
348 pages
8h 29m
English
Packt Publishing
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Dispelling Common Myths about TDD

Test-driven development (TDD) brings many benefits to developers and the business. However, it is not always used in real projects. This is something I find surprising. TDD has been demonstrated to improve internal and external code quality in different industrial settings. It works for frontend and backend code. It works across verticals. I have experienced it working in embedded systems, web conferencing products, desktop applications, and microservice fleets.

To better understand how perceptions have gone wrong, let’s review the common objections to TDD, then explore how we can overcome them. By understanding the perceived difficulties, we can equip ourselves to be TDD advocates and help our colleagues ...

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