Chapter 2: Understanding Test-Driven Development
Now that we have seen what unit tests are and how they can help in development, we are going to learn about test-driven development (TDD).
After giving you some insights into the origin and objective of TDD, we will move ahead and have a look at the benefits and drawbacks of it. By the end of the chapter, you will have a clear idea about the relevance of TDD and what should be or can be tested using it.
These are the main topics that we will cover in the chapter:
- The origin of TDD
- The TDD workflow
- Advantages of TDD
- Disadvantages of TDD
- What to test
The origin of TDD
In 1996, Kent Beck, Ward Cunningham, and Ron Jeffries introduced a new software development methodology called Extreme Programming ...
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