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The Art of Software Testing, Second Edition
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The Art of Software Testing, Second Edition

by Glenford J. Myers, Corey Sandler, Tom Badgett, Todd M. Thomas
June 2004
Intermediate to advanced
256 pages
4h 56m
English
Wiley
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8.4. Summary

With the increased competitiveness of software products, there is a need to introduce the products very quickly into the marketplace. As a result, the Extreme Programming model was developed to support rapid application development. This lightweight development process focuses on communication, planning, and testing.

The testing aspect of Extreme Programming is termed Extreme Testing. It focuses on unit and acceptance tests. You run unit tests whenever a change to the code base occurs. The customer runs the acceptance tests at major release points.

Extreme Testing also requires you to create the test harness, based on the program specification, before you start coding your application. In this manner, you design your application to pass the unit tests, thus increasing the probability that it will meet the specification.

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